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speargrass

speargrass noun: species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass).

Noun

speargrass (countable and uncountable, plural speargrasses)

  1. Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)
  2. Heteropogon contortus (tanglehead)
  3. Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
  4. Species of Poa (bluegrass etc)
  5. Species of Stipa (feathergrass), typically Stipa calamagrostis
  6. Species of Aciphylla (Spaniard grass)

Forms of speargrass

pluralspeargrasses
alternative formspear grass

Origin of speargrass

From spear + grass.

Words formed from speargrass

Phrases with speargrass

Questions about speargrass

What does speargrass mean?
Speargrass means species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass).
What part of speech is speargrass?
Speargrass is a noun.
What is the plural of speargrass?
The plural of speargrass is speargrasses.

Words near speargrass in the dictionary

  1. spearfisherwoman
  2. spearfisherwomen
  3. spearfishery
  4. spearfishes
  5. spearfishing
  6. speargrass
  7. speargrasses
  8. speargun
  9. spearguns
  10. spearhead
  11. spearheaded

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