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61Japanese lawn grass — noun lawn grass common in China and Japan; grown also in United States • Syn: ↑Korean lawn grass, ↑Zoysia japonica • Hypernyms: ↑zoysia * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized J : korean lawn grass …
62bird grass — noun 1. : knotgrass 1 2. : rough bluegrass * * * 1. a grass, Poa trivialis, grown in temperate regions of North America largely for lawns and turf. 2. the knotgrass, Polygonum aviculare. [1775 85, Amer.] * * * bird grass …
63napier grass — noun Etymology: Napier, town in South Africa Date: 1919 a tall stout African perennial grass (Pennisetum purpureum) that resembles sugarcane and is widely grown for forage called also elephant grass …
64creeping bent grass — n. a type of bent grass (Agrostis stolonifera var. palustris) grown in moist places and often used for golf greens * * * …
65Johnson grass — a sorghum, Sorghum halepense, that spreads by creeping rhizomes, grown for fodder. Also called Aleppo grass, Means grass. [1880 85, Amer.; named after William Johnson, American agriculturist who first planted it in 1840] * * * …
66marram grass — /mar euhm/ a grass, Ammophila arenaria, having matted, creeping rhizomes, grown on sandy shores of Europe, North America, and Australia to bind the sand. Also called marram. [1630 40; orig. East Anglian dial.; < ON marálmr, equiv. to marr sea… …
67napier grass — a tall, leafy grass, Pennisetum purpureum, native to Africa, grown as a forage plant. Also called elephant grass. [1910 15; after Napier, South Africa] * * * …
68hare's-tail grass — ▪ plant (species Lagurus ovatus), annual grass of the family Poaceae, native to shores of the Mediterranean region, naturalized in Australia, and cultivated as an ornamental in North America. The oval flower cluster is soft, hairy, and long… …
69rye grass — also ryegrass N UNCOUNT Rye grass is a type of grass that is grown for animals such as cows to eat …
70Bermuda grass — Bermu′da grass n. pln a creeping grass, Cynodon dactylon, of S Europe, grown in the southern U.S. and Bermuda for lawns …
