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windgrass

windgrass noun: any member of the genus Lachnagrostis of common slender, upright, tufted, light to yellow green, annual or short-lived perennial grasses up to 700 mm tall, often found as an urban weed, especially in waste land around puddles and in muddy ground, or around lakes, and fringing ponds, streams and on wetland margins and coastal areas.

Noun

windgrass (plural windgrasses)

  1. Any member of the genus Lachnagrostis of common slender, upright, tufted, light to yellow green, annual or short-lived perennial grasses up to 700 mm tall, often found as an urban weed, especially in waste land around puddles and in muddy ground, or around lakes, and fringing ponds, streams and on wetland margins and coastal areas.
    Synonyms:
    blown-grass
  2. Any member of the genus Apera of silky bent grasses.

Synonyms of windgrass

  • blown-grass

Forms of windgrass

pluralwindgrasses

Questions about windgrass

What does windgrass mean?
Windgrass means any member of the genus Lachnagrostis of common slender, upright, tufted, light to yellow green, annual or short-lived perennial grasses up to 700 mm tall, often found as an urban weed, especially in waste land around puddles and in muddy ground, or around lakes, and fringing ponds, streams and on wetland margins and coastal areas.
What part of speech is windgrass?
Windgrass is a noun.
What is the plural of windgrass?
The plural of windgrass is windgrasses.

Words near windgrass in the dictionary

  1. windgall
  2. windgalled
  3. windgalls
  4. windgap
  5. windgaps
  6. windgrass
  7. windgrasses
  8. windgun
  9. windgust
  10. windgusts
  11. Windham

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