n
(obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
n
Any grass of the genus Agrostis, bentgrass.
n
The saltgrass Puccinellia
adj
Alternative form of alligatorweed
n
The love grass, or quaking grass.
n
(botany) Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
n
(botany) A parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, dodder.
n
Dichanthium aristatum, a grass used as forage.
n
(Australia) Lolium rigidum which considered a noxious weed in Australia
n
Any of various grass-like plants of the genus Triglochin.
n
Alternative spelling of bahiagrass [A tropical or subtropical perennial grass, Paspalum notatum, native from Mexico to South America and introduced elsewhere]
n
Any species in the genus Paspalum
n
Any of various grasses of the genus Oplismenus.
n
A grass of the genus Ammophila.
n
Any of a number of grasses with beard-like inflorescences or other structures, especially those currently or formerly classified in the genus Andropogon
n
A yucca plant, the silkgrass or Adam's needle (Yucca spp., Nolina spp.)
n
A grass of the genus Leptochloa, sprangletop
n
A perennial grass, Cynodon dactylon, native to Africa and Asia, used in warm areas of the world for pasture, lawn and making hay.
n
Alternative form of Bermuda grass [A perennial grass, Cynodon dactylon, native to Africa and Asia, used in warm areas of the world for pasture, lawn and making hay.]
n
false bindweed (Calystegia).
n
Knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
n
Piptochaetium avenaceum, a species of bunchgrass.
n
Certain sagebrushes (Artemisia arbuscula and Artemisia tridentata)
n
A species (Heteropogon contortus) of tangleheads, a tropical, perennial grass.
n
(UK) Alopecurus myosuroides, a weed that harms wheat crops.
n
Aletris farinosa (white colicroot), a monocot.
n
Stypandra glauca, the nodding blue lily (not a true grass).
n
Alternative form of blind grass [Stypandra glauca, the nodding blue lily (not a true grass).]
n
A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring.
n
Any of the Haemodoraceae, a family of flowering plants some of whose roots contain a red dye.
n
Alternative spelling of bluegrass [Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis.]
n
A perennial bunchgrass native to the southwestern and south-central US into northern Mexico, Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi (formerly known as Aristida glauca).
n
A bunchgrass of the species Pseudoroegneria spicata
n
Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis.
n
Calamagrostis canadensis, native to much of northern North America.
n
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) and others of the genus Andropogon
n
Any of several sedges of the genus Schoenus.
n
A sedge species, Carex rostrata.
n
A grass of the genus Brachiaria.
n
Any grass of the genus Brachypodium.
n
A species of grass, Axonopus compressus, native to the tropics and subtropics of North America, but now widespread throughout the tropics worldwide.
n
Any of various North American grasses, of the genus Bromus, that are used for forage.
n
Any species of grass in the genus Andropogon, especially Andropogon virginicus, broomsedge bluestem.
n
Agrostis canina (brown bentgrass)
n
A perennial grass native to the subtropical and tropical parts of the Americas and grown elsewhere for pasture and hay, Paspalum plicatulum
n
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
n
Stenotaphrum secundatum, Saint Augustine grass.
n
Any of various grasses of the family Poaceae that grow in clumps rather than forming a sod or mat.
n
Synonym of Easter grass.
n
A grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand and having burs for fruit.
n
Andropogon glomeratus, widespread in temperate and warm areas of the Americas.
n
Alternative form of button grass [Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus, a tussock-forming sedge from southeastern Australia.]
n
Oldenlandia uniflora, clustered bluet
n
Synonym of cane bluestem.
n
A coarse, upright perennial bunchgrass native to dry areas from the southwestern US to South America, Bothriochloa barbinodis.
n
Any of various grasses of the genus Axonopus, of tropical and subtropical American, some of which are rhizomatous; now widespread throughout the tropics worldwide.
n
Ajuga reptans (common bugleweed, creeping bugle).
n
The ragweed Ambrosia elatior
n
goldilocks (Galatella linosyris, syn. Aster linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.
n
timothy grass (Phleum pratense)
n
The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)
n
Alternative spelling of centipede grass [Eremochloa ophiuroides, a coarse thick lawngrass with short upright stems, native to southern China and later introduced to the United States.]
n
Downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.
n
A plant, the true ramie (Boehmeria nivea).
n
Halophila baillonis, a rare seagrass.
n
An Australian grass, Neurachne alopecuroides
n
A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
n
Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata, especially Imperata cylindrica.
n
Alternative spelling of cogon grass; cogon. [Cogon.]
n
Phragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass.
n
Caesar weed (Urena lobata)
n
Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
n
Various species of plants from the sedge family, genus Eriophorum
n
Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
n
Alternative spelling of couch grass [A species of grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.]
n
Alternative spelling of couch grass [A species of grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.]
n
quaking grass; Briza media
n
Salvia sonomensis, a species of sage with blue to purple flowers.
n
yardgrass (Eleusine indica)
n
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Verbesina.
n
Cudbear (Ochrolechia tartarea, syn. Lecanora tartarea)
n
A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia.
n
Gahnia spp. (sawsedge, saw-sedge)
n
A kind of sedge, the heath club-rush, Trichophorum cespitosum.
n
American perennial herbs with showy flowers in the genus Rhexia.
n
Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon.
n
Elymus repens, a coarse perennial grass common in uncultivated grounds
n
A hardy British grass (Cynosurus cristatus); goldseed.
n
A perennial grass, of the genus Cynosurus, that is grown for fodder
n
Any grass in the genus Cynodon, especially Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon.
n
Alternative form of doob grass [Synonym of Bermuda grass]
n
An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been mowed; also, a field of such growth.
n
Any grass of the subfamily Ehrhartoideae (now known as Oryzoideae)
n
Synonym of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum)
n
Synonym of kalamalo (“the grass Eragrostis variabilis”)
n
Any of several species of grass from the genus Eragrostis; lovegrass.
n
Miscanthus sinensis (syn. Eulalia japonica), used as an ornamental grass.
n
Alternative form of feathergrass [Any of various perennial hermaphroditic grasses of the genus Stipa.]
n
Any of various perennial hermaphroditic grasses of the genus Stipa.
n
A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.
n
A grass that is a hybrid of fescue and ryegrass
n
Synonym of redtop (“the grass Agrostis vulgaris”)
n
Any of the species of the genus Chloris of windmill grasses.
n
The hair grass Agrostis scabra.
n
Any of the genus Pennisetum of grasses.
n
A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses
n
Hordeum jubatum, a perennial grass with attractive inflorescences.
n
(informal) artificial turf
n
A tall coarse American grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) valuable for forage.
n
A fiber made from this kind of sedge.
n
A variety of sudangrass.
n
Many of the plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, including Mexico, east of the continental divide.
n
A species of grass, Chrysopogon fallax, of tropical and subtropical Australia.
n
A plant, dog's-tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus).
n
Various species of grass in the genus Bouteloua, including Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama)
n
Any grass of the family Gramineae.
n
(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
n
(dated) Grass script; caoshu.
n
(uncountable) An expanse covered in grass.
adj
Covered with or overgrown with grass.
n
(usually preceded by definite article) A lush highland savanna in Cameroon.
n
Alternative form of grass top [(countable) The tip of a blade or stalk of grass.]
n
Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)
n
(botany) A common name for the collective ('herd') of hybrids stemming from a given set of two (or more) commonly paired parent species
n
A perennial plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Eurasia; Aegopodium podagraria.
n
Alternative form of groundsel (“any of several species of Senecio, a genus of the daisy family”) [Any of several widely-distributed plants, of the genus Senecio, having yellow, daisylike flowers.]
n
Megathyrsus maximus, a large perennial bunchgrass native to Africa, Palestine, and Yemen.
n
Any of several plants, of the genus Gunnera, that have very large leaves and small, reddish drupes
n
Agrostis scabra, a bunchgrass.
n
Any of various grasses thought to resemble hair, including those of genera Aira, Deschampsia, Koeleria, and others.
n
A grass, Panicum effusum, native to Australia.
n
Other north African grasses with similar uses, such as sparto (Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum sparticum) and cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica)
n
Panicum hallii, a perennial bunch grass native to the south/southwestern United States and parts of Mexico.
n
Any of the genus Sclerochloa of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.
n
Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus Centaurea, particularly Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens).
n
Lagurus ovatus, an annual grass.
n
Cynodon dactylon, a kind of grass.
n
(uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)
n
Any other plant of the genus Hyoscyamus.
n
Hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens), fragrant grass native to northern Eurasia and North America.
n
Any of several species of sedge in the genus Uncinia the seeds of which are hooked and attach themselves to passers-by.
n
(New Zealand) Either of two plant species in the Pseudowintera genus.
n
Hieracium spp. (certain hawkweeds).
n
A bunchgrass and wild grain native to Western North America, Oryzopsis hymenoides
n
Stiltgrass, an annual grass Microstegium vimineum, native to East Asia, often considered invasive.
n
A perennial Mediterranean grass (Sorghum halepense) cultivated for forage, but considered invasive and noxious.
n
Alternative form of Junegrass [Any member of the grass genus Koeleria.]
n
The reed Phragmites communis
n
(Australia) Themeda triandra, a perennial tussocky grass.
n
Saccharum spontaneum, a tall perennial grass native to the Indian subcontinent, with spreading rhizomatous roots.
n
(archaic, rare) Sagittaria spp., herbaceous perennial flowering plants that grows in water.
n
A tropical grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to Kenya and now a common lawn grass and invasive species elsewhere.
n
The plant Gastrolobium laytonii.
n
An annual plant, Polygonum aviculare, found in fields and wasteland
adj
overgrown with the kudzu vine
n
A species of grass, Imperata cylindrica, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australasia, Africa, and southern Europe, and widely introduced to the New World.
n
Any grass suitable for planting a lawn.
n
(colloquial, US) Sourgrass, Oxalis pes-caprae.
n
A plant of the species Schizachyrium scoparium, Native to most of North America.
n
Grasses that have been allowed to grow very high or that are from a species that grows very high.
n
The grass Bromus hordeaceus.
n
Leymus arenarius, a coarse perennial grass.
n
Alternative form of lyme grass [Leymus arenarius, a coarse perennial grass.]
n
Miscanthus sinensis, an Asian herbaceous perennial grass with purplish flowers.
n
The grass Brachiaria mutica.
n
A perennial grass, Zoysia matrella, native to temperate coastal southeastern Asia
n
Alternative form of Manila grass [A perennial grass, Zoysia matrella, native to temperate coastal southeastern Asia]
n
Erigeron canadensis (syn. Conyza canadensis), an annual weed
n
Ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches.
n
A genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses growing in marshes.
n
(Australia) Spinifex hirsutus (rolling grass)
n
Axonopus fissifolius (common carpetgrass)
n
Any grass of the genus Poa.
n
A plant of the species Spartina patens, a cordgrass native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
n
A type of bristly grass native to Europe, Taeniatherum caput-medusae
n
Any grass of the subfamily Micrairoideae, native to Australia.
n
Holcus lanatus; velvetgrass
n
Certain species of genus Oldenlandia
n
Saxifraga stolonifera (creeping saxifrage).
n
Any of the many species of grasses of genus Muhlenbergia.
n
Poa fendleriana, a grass native to western North America.
n
Pennisetum purpureum, a perennial tropical grass native to Africa.
n
Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, also known as Palmer's grass.
n
Gastridium ventricosum, a European annual grass bearing a long, thin, smooth inflorescence of spikelets.
n
Alternative spelling of nutgrass [Any perennial sedge of species Cyperus esculentus or Cyperus rotundus, that has small edible nutlike tubers.]
n
Danthonia californica, California oatgrass
n
Alternative spelling of orchardgrass [Any of various grasses of the genus Dactylis, especially Dactylis glomerata.]
n
Any of various grasses of the genus Dactylis, especially Dactylis glomerata.
n
Ischaemum polystachyum, a common grass of the Pacific Islands.
n
Other species of Cortaderia.
n
(by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
n
Any of several of the species of grass in the genus Panicum.
n
Any grass of the subfamily Panicoideae
n
A tall rather coarse grass (Panicum molle) grown in the tropics for pasturage, and introduced into the southern United States.
n
Micranthemum micranthemoides (syn. Hemianthus micranthemoides)
n
Alternative form of penny-grass [(obsolete) yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor).]
n
Any of several grasses of the genus Phalaris
n
Phragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass.
n
Calamagrostis rubescens, a perennial bunchgrass native to western North America.
n
Alternative form of pin grass [Synonym of alfilaria]
n
Bothriochloa insculpta, a grass of tropical and subtropical Eurasia
n
A Southeast Asian grass, Arundinella setosa.
n
A kind of grass, Erianthus saccharoides, now Bothriochloa saccharoides), with the spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in swamps in the Southern United States.
n
Grasses of the genus Dichelachne, found principally in Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea.
n
Any grass of the genus Poa, especially Poa annua.
n
Miscanthus sinensis (Chinese silver grass, zebra grass)
n
pink purslane (Claytonia sibirica)
n
(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
n
Elymus repens, couch grass (a species of grass, often considered a weed)
n
(US) The meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis, syn. Festuca elatior).
n
Briza maxima, a species of grass.
n
Saccharum ravennae, a sugarcane native to southern Europe and western Asia, and known in North America as an invasive weed.
n
(countable) Species of the genus Agrostis, the bentgrasses.
n
(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
n
(US) Any of the grasses in the genus Calamagrostis.
n
An African grass, Chloris gayana, used as pasture.
n
Any of the genus Oryzopsis of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family.
n
A type of weedy grass, Bromus diandrus, with sharp seeds having awns with one-way bristles that make them hard to remove from clothing or animal fur.
n
The plant Gastrolobium callistachys.
n
(countable) Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium.
n
A tufted perennial grass, Sporobolus airoides, grown in the southwestern United States and Mexico and used for hay and pasture in dry alkaline areas.
n
Saltmeadow cordgrass, Spartina patens, a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico.
n
Distichlis spicata, an American grass that can tolerate alkali and salty conditions.
n
The American grass Poa secunda.
n
Any of several grasses, of the genus Cenchrus, found in the south-eastern United States, that has a spiny burr
n
Alternative spelling of sawgrass [Any of several Cladium species, long sedges with saw-like sharp, serrated edges, such as Cladium californicum, Cladium jamaicense, and Cladium mariscoides]
n
Alternative spelling of sawgrass [Any of several Cladium species, long sedges with saw-like sharp, serrated edges, such as Cladium californicum, Cladium jamaicense, and Cladium mariscoides]
n
A forget-me-not or mouse-ear (genus Myosotis).
n
A vigorous, tufted (up to 60 cm diameter) and slender perennial grass (Paspalum scrobiculatum) growing to a height of 0.3-1 m.
n
A plant, the scouring rush.
n
Alternative form of scurvy-grass [Any of several European plants, of the genus Cochlearia, formerly believed useful in treating scurvy.]
n
couch grass (Elymus repens)
n
A plant, the scouring rush.
n
Any ryegrass of the genus Leymus.
n
The set of short, tough grasses that thrive in arid plains; often specifically the native grasses of the North American Great Plains.
n
A broadleaf weed Brachiaria platyphylla
n
A grass of the genus Anthaenantia, native to the Americas.
n
A grass, Miscanthus sinensis, that has silvery plumes
n
Arthraxon hispidus, native to east Asia, invasive in the US.
n
A reed-like grass of the genus Calamagrostis.
n
Any of a number of plants in the genus Persicaria (formerly Polygonum).
n
A perennial grass native to Eurasia, Bromus inermis, widely planted elsewhere as a hay or pasture crop, but also known as an invasive weed outside its native range.
n
(botany) A grass, Sporobolus indicus, native to the West Indies and also common in the Southern United States.
n
Species of horsetail, including Equisetum hyemale and Equisetum sylvaticum.
n
A poisonous American plant of the genus Gutierrezia.
n
A species of crabgrass, Digitaria insularis
n
Alternative form of sparrowgrass [(dialect, nonstandard) Asparagus.]
n
Alternative form of speargrass [Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)]
n
Species of Stipa (feathergrass), typically Stipa calamagrostis
n
Either of two tall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata and Uniola latifolia) with broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.
n
An Australian coastal grass, in genus Spinifex
n
(botany) scurvy-grass (Cochlearia)
n
(botany) The plant Orchis mascula.
n
Aletris spp., flowering plants in the family Nartheciaceae.
n
Alternative form of star grass [Cynodon and Chloris spp., grasses in the subtribe Eleusininae of the Poaceae, especially Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon.]
n
The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savanna.
n
The grass Cenchrus echinatus
n
Various species of genus Soliva
n
A summer annual grass, Eragrostis cilianensis, regarded as a weed in lawns
n
Any grass of the genus Stipa.
n
Stalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forages
n
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor).
n
Any seagrass of the genus Phyllospadix
n
Miscanthus sinensis, a species of grass native to eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea.
n
Helonias bullata, a rare perennial rhizomatous herb native to the eastern United States.
n
A perennial grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum, used as forage
n
Muhlenbergia filipes, a grass native to the southeastern United States
n
A tall North American perennial grass, Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.
n
Grass of species Saccharum spontaneum (wild sugarcane).
n
Festuca arundinacea, a species of bunchgrass native to Europe.
n
Andropogon gayanus, a tufting perennial bunchgrass of the African savanna.
n
A grass of the genus Hyparrhenia.
n
Alternative form of thornveld [A certain type of grassland (veld) in southern Africa characterised by acacia and other thorny plants.]
n
Any grass in the genus Aristida
n
Any of certain grasses in the genus Agrostis.
n
Phleum pratense, timothy-grass, native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.
n
Any of the genus Austroderia of grasses
n
Briza media, a species of grass.
n
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as Russian thistle, witch grass, wild indigo, Amaranthus albus, etc.
n
Any grass used to make turf.
n
Any of the species Lilium martagon.
n
A marine seagrass, Thalassia testudinum, from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
n
Alternative form of tussock grass [Synonym of bunchgrass]
n
Carex stricta (in Carex subg. Carex), a wetland sedge of eastern North America.
n
couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)
n
Cyperus alternifolius, a sedge.
n
A species of grass, Paspalum urvillei, native to South America and now widely introduced elsewhere.
n
Alternative form of Vasey grass [A species of grass, Paspalum urvillei, native to South America and now widely introduced elsewhere.]
n
Holcus lanatus, a perennial grass.
n
The flowering plant Oenothera curtiflora.
n
A plant of the genus Anthoxanthum.
n
Alternative form of vetiver; a fragrant bunchgrass (Chrysopogon zizanioides). [The grass Chrysopogon zizanioides ( <= Vetiveria zizanioides), which is native to India, but planted throughout the tropics for its fragrant roots and for erosion control.]
n
Any of various grasses in the genus Echinochloa that are capable of growing in water.
n
Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption.
n
Species of Aegilops, goatgrass.
n
Any of the grasses of genera Elymus or Leymus.
n
(UK, Ireland) Apera spica-venti
n
(Lachnagrostis) A common slender, upright, tufted, light to yellow green, annual or short-lived perennial grass up to 700 mm tall often found as an urban weed, especially in waste land around puddles and in muddy ground, or around lakes, and fringing ponds, streams and on wetland margins and coastal areas.
n
Bent grass (Agrostis spp.).
n
Chloris truncata, a clumping grass of Australia, or, when modified, any grass in the genus Chloris.
n
The annual bluegrass Poa annua
n
Some species of the herbaceous genus Trientalis, in family Primulaceae (chickweed wintergreen)
n
Alternative form of witchgrass [Any of several grasses, of the genus Panicum, often found as a weed.]
n
Any of several grasses, of the genus Panicum, often found as a weed.
n
Eleusine indica, a coarse annual grass often found as a weed
n
Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet)
n
Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod)
n
Swamp ricegrass, Leersia hexandra, a grass cultivated for green forage.
n
Any of a genus (Zoysia) of creeping perennial grasses of southern Asia and New Zealand having fine wiry leaves and including some suitable for lawn grasses, especially in warm regions.
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