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| armyworm |
any of various caterpillars that travel about in great numbers, usu. inflicting heavy damage on crops and grass. |
| basket |
a container made of any of various materials such as wood strips, grass, fiber, or the like, usu. woven or laced together. [1/3 definitions] |
| bent2 |
any of several low-growing grasses, some of which are used for lawns or for hay; bent grass. [2 definitions] |
| Bermuda grass |
a perennial creeping grass widely grown for lawns and pastures in Bermuda, the southern United States, and other warm regions. |
| bluegrass |
a grass having a blue-green color and much used in pastures and lawns, found esp. in Kentucky. [1/2 definitions] |
| broomcorn |
a cultivated grass variety with stiff-branched flower stalks used in making brooms and brushes. |
| buffalo grass |
a range grass found on the plains east of the Rocky Mountains. |
| cane |
the stalk of a large, hard-stemmed grass, such as bamboo, or the plant itself. [1/7 definitions] |
| cheat |
an annual brome grass, originally native to Europe but now a weed in wheat-growing regions worldwide; chess. [1/11 definitions] |
| citronella |
a bluish green grass of southern Asia from which a fragrant oil is obtained. [2 definitions] |
| couch grass |
a grass that has creeping rootstocks, by which it spreads rapidly, and is considered a troublesome weed; quack grass; quitch. |
| crop |
to cut off the top or ends of (grass, hair, or the like). [1/12 definitions] |
| esparto |
either of two kinds of long, tough grass, found in Spain and North Africa, used in making paper, rope, shoes, and baskets. |
| esplanade |
a level, open expanse of pavement or grass, esp. one intended for walking or riding along a shore. |
| fairway |
the stretch of mowed grass between the tee and the green on each hole of a golf course. [1/2 definitions] |
| garden |
(chiefly British) an area around one's home planted with grass, flowers, or other plants; yard. [1/6 definitions] |
| glume |
one of two bracts on a spikelet of grass or sedge. |
| graminivorous |
feeding on grass, grains, or seeds. |
| grass |
a tract of ground covered with grass, such as a lawn or meadow. [5/8 definitions] |
| grass-fed |
of or pertaining to cattle that eat a diet consisting primarily of grass, or to beef produced by such cattle. |
| grassless |
combined form of grass. |
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