WIRE GRASS


Meaning of WIRE GRASS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1751

: any of various grasses or rushes having wiry culms or leaves: as

a. : a Eurasian slender-stemmed meadow grass ( Poa compressa ) widely naturalized in the United States and Canada

b. : any of several coarse grasses (genus Aristida ) with a 3-awned lemma that grow extensively in open dry, sandy, or sterile areas especially of the southeastern and south-central United States

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.