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spikegrass

spikegrass noun: either of two tall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata and Uniola latifolia) with broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.

spikegrass: either of two tall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata and Uniola latifolia) with broad...
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Noun

spikegrass (countable and uncountable, plural spikegrasses)

  1. Either of two tall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata and Uniola latifolia) with broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.

Forms of spikegrass

pluralspikegrasses
alternative formspike-grass

Origin of spikegrass

From spike + grass.

Questions about spikegrass

What does spikegrass mean?
Spikegrass means either of two tall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata and Uniola latifolia) with broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.
What part of speech is spikegrass?
Spikegrass is a noun.
What is the plural of spikegrass?
The plural of spikegrass is spikegrasses.

Words near spikegrass in the dictionary

  1. spiked up
  2. spiked woodrush
  3. spikedness
  4. spikefish
  5. spikefishes
  6. spikegrass
  7. spikegrasses
  8. spikehorn
  9. spikehorns
  10. spikein
  11. spikeins

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