WHEATGRASS

Meaning of WHEATGRASS in English

/hweet"gras', -grahs', weet"-/ , n.

any of several wheatlike grasses of the genus Agropyron, grown for forage in the western U.S.

[ 1810-20; WHEAT + GRASS ]

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WHEATGRASS — noun Date: 1668 any of a genus ( Agropyron ) of perennial grasses including some which are important pasture, hay, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHEATGRASS — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a grass of the genus Agropyron: as a. : bearded wheatgrass b. : western wheatgrass c. : …
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WHEATGRASS — noun Date: 1668 : any of a genus ( Agropyron ) of perennial grasses including some which are important pasture, …
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WHEATGRASS — ■ noun another term for couch 2 .
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WHEATGRASS — (genus Agropyron), any of a number of species of wheatlike grasses in the family Poaceae, found throughout the North Temperate …
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WHEATGRASS — n. Pronunciation: ' hw ē t- ˌ gras, ' w ē t- Function: noun Date: 1668 : any of a …
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CRESTED WHEATGRASS — noun Date: 1923 either of two Eurasian grasses ( Agropyron cristatum or A. desertorum syn. A. sibiricum ) that are …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLUE-STEM WHEATGRASS — noun see bluestem 1b
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WESTERN WHEATGRASS — noun 1. : a valuable forage grass ( Agropyron smithii ) of the western United States 2. : bluestem 1a
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TALL WHEATGRASS — noun : a European grass ( Agropyron elongatum ) introduced into the United States as a pasture and forage crop
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REE WHEATGRASS — ˈrē- noun Etymology: ree probably from ree (III) : intermediate wheatgrass
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INTERMEDIATE WHEATGRASS — noun : an Asiatic grass ( Agropyron intermedium ) introduced into the rangelands of western United States for pasture and …
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BLUEBUNCH WHEATGRASS — noun : a tufted grass ( Agropyron spicatum ) of western No. America used for forage and pasture having stiff …
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BEARDED WHEATGRASS — noun : a wheatgrass ( Agropyron subsecundum ) with straight terminal awns on the lemmas
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AWNED WHEATGRASS — noun : bearded wheatgrass
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CRESTED WHEATGRASS — a forage grass, Agropyron cristatum, native to Eurasia and grown in the Great Plains as pasturage, hay, and for erosion …
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CRESTED WHEATGRASS — Date: 1923 : either of two Eurasian grasses ( Agropyron cristatum or A. desertorum syn. A. sibiricum ) that are …
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CRESTED WHEATGRASS — [crested wheatgrass] n (1923): either of two Eurasian grasses (Agropyron cristatum or A. sibericum syn. A. desertorum) that are grown …
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UNDERSTORY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: under (III) + story 1. : a foliage layer lying beneath and shaded by the main canopy …
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SLOUGH GRASS — see slough I noun 1. a. : either of two stout annual grasses (genus Beckmannia ) with broad light green …
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BLUESTEM — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : a tall grass ( Andropogon furcatus ) with smooth bluish leaf sheaths and slender spikes …
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BLUEJOINT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : an American forage grass ( Calamagrostis canadensis ) growing in tussocks and having soft flat often …
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PRAIRIE — level or rolling grassland, especially that found in central North America. Decreasing amounts of rainfall, from 100 cm (about 40 …
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