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switchgrass

switchgrass noun: a tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.

switchgrass: a tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay
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Noun

switchgrass (countable and uncountable, plural switchgrasses)

  1. A tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.
    • He peers from the road to the woods, tangled with switchgrass and swamp myrtle.2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 35

switchgrass meaning in Tamil

switchgrass in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of switchgrass

pluralswitchgrasses

Origin of switchgrass

From switch + grass.

Questions about switchgrass

What does switchgrass mean?
Switchgrass means a tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.
What is switchgrass in Tamil?
Switchgrass in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Switchgrass meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is switchgrass?
Switchgrass is a noun.
What is the plural of switchgrass?
The plural of switchgrass is switchgrasses.

Words near switchgrass in the dictionary

  1. switchfoots
  2. switchgear
  3. switchgears
  4. switchgirl
  5. switchgirls
  6. switchgrass
  7. switchgrasses
  8. switchhook
  9. switchhooks
  10. switchier
  11. switchies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: switchgrass (page history and authors); switchgrass (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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