tallgrass
tallgrass noun: any of various tall grasses that flourish in prairie with relatively abundant water.
Noun
tallgrass (countable and uncountable, plural tallgrasses)
- Any of various tall grasses that flourish in prairie with relatively abundant water.
- Restoring a tallgrass prairie means rebuilding a dynamic system that has been destroyed by the near extinction of bison, the presence of cattle, and generations of agribusiness farming and fire suppression.2017, Eli Clare, Brilliant Imperfection, page 15
- […] the tallgrasses (such as big bluestem, Indiangrass, switchgrass, little bluestem) and the shortgrasses (buffalograss, blue grama, black grama, sideoats grama). The tallgrasses are the major species found in the more humid prairie areas, […]2019, Dale Strickler, Managing Pasture: A Complete Guide to Building Healthy, page 75
Forms of tallgrass
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Origin of tallgrass
From tall + grass.
Questions about tallgrass
- What does tallgrass mean?
- Tallgrass means any of various tall grasses that flourish in prairie with relatively abundant water.
- What part of speech is tallgrass?
- Tallgrass is a noun.
- What is the plural of tallgrass?
- The plural of tallgrass is tallgrasses.
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