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silvergrasses

silvergrasses is the plural of silvergrass.

Meaning of silvergrass

Noun

silvergrass (plural silvergrasses)

  1. A grass, Miscanthus sinensis, that has silvery plumes
  2. (Australia) Any of various annual or perennial grasses of the family Poaceae, including Aristida contorta (mulga grass) and the introduced European Vulpia bromoides.
    • At the back, under a squeaky wind-pump, there was a dead Chevrolet with silver-grass growing up through it.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 79

Questions about silvergrasses

What is silvergrasses the plural of?
Silvergrasses is the plural of silvergrass.

Words near silvergrasses in the dictionary

  1. silverfins
  2. silverfish
  3. silverfishes
  4. silvergilt
  5. silvergrass
  6. silvergrasses
  7. silverhead
  8. Silveria
  9. Silverias
  10. silverier
  11. silveriest

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