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| armyworm |
any of various caterpillars that travel about in great numbers, usu. inflicting heavy damage on crops and grass. |
| bamboo |
a tropical grass plant that has hard, woody, hollow stalks. Bamboo stalks grow straight and tall, and very quickly. Many kinds of bamboo grow as high as a tree. [1/2 definitions] |
| barley |
a plant that is like grass and whose grains are used to make food. [1/2 definitions] |
| basket |
a container made of materials such as wood strips, grass, or straw that are 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 with a blue-green color that is grown in pastures and on lawns. Kentucky is famous for bluegrass. [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 long, hard stem of the bamboo plant and other large grass plants. [1/3 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] |
| dew |
little drops of water that collect at night on grass, plants, and other cool surfaces. |
| 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. |
| everglade |
a very large swamp in a warm climate. Rivers or streams flow slowly through an everglade, and tall, thick grass grows throughout. |
| fairway |
the stretch of mowed grass between the tee and the green on each hole of a golf course. [1/2 definitions] |
| garden |
the British word for an area around one's home planted with grass, flowers, or other plants. This meaning of "garden" has the same meaning as the American word "yard." [1/3 definitions] |
| glume |
one of two bracts on a spikelet of grass or sedge. |
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