wiry+grass
11smut grass — noun grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus • Syn: ↑blackseed, ↑carpet grass, ↑Sporobolus poiretii • Hypernyms: ↑dropseed, ↑drop seed • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
12rush grass — noun grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles • Syn: ↑rush grass • Hypernyms: ↑grass • Member Holonyms: ↑Sporobolus, ↑genus Sporobolus * * * noun : a grass of the genus …
13carpet grass — noun grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus • Syn: ↑smut grass, ↑blackseed, ↑Sporobolus poiretii • Hypernyms: ↑dropseed, ↑drop seed • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
14Korean lawn grass — noun lawn grass common in China and Japan; grown also in United States • Syn: ↑Japanese lawn grass, ↑Zoysia japonica • Hypernyms: ↑zoysia * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized K : an Asiatic grass (Zoisia japonica) used in China and Japan and… …
15Rush grass — Rush Rush, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher s broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh growing endogenous plants …
16rush-grass — noun grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles • Syn: ↑rush grass • Hypernyms: ↑grass • Member Holonyms: ↑Sporobolus, ↑genus Sporobolus …
17wire grass — ☆ wire grass n. any of several grasses with wiry stems; esp. a European meadow grass (Poa compressa), naturalized in Canada and the U.S. * * * …
18Korean lawn grass — an Asiatic creeping grass, Zoysia japonica, used esp. in the southeastern U.S., having purplish spikelets and rootstalks that send up numerous tough, wiry shoots. Also called Japanese lawn grass. * * * …
19kerosene grass — /ˈkɛrəsin gras/ (say keruhseen grahs) noun any of various short lived native perennials of the genus, Aristida, especially bunched kerosene grass, A. contorta, having coarse, wiry stems, three awns and sparse leaf growth; plentiful on sandy soils …
20wire grass — ☆ wire grass n. any of several grasses with wiry stems; esp. a European meadow grass (Poa compressa), naturalized in Canada and the U.S …
