English > grass: 11 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay. |
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| Narrower | Bahia grass, Paspalum notatum | perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States |
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| Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, kweek, doob, scutch grass, star grass, Cynodon dactylon | Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions |
| St. Augustine grass, Stenotaphrum secundatum, buffalo grass | Low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America |
| beach grass | tough / tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores |
| bent, bent grass, bent-grass | grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens |
| bluegrass, blue grass | Any of various grasses of the genus Poa |
| bluestem, blue stem, Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii | tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States |
| brome, bromegrass | Any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus |
| broom grass | Any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon |
| buffalo grass, Buchloe dactyloides | short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam) |
| bunchgrass, bunch grass | Any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps / clumps rather than forming a sod or mat |
| burgrass, bur grass | A grass of the genus Cenchrus |
| canary grass, birdseed grass, Phalaris canariensis | Canary Islands grass |
| cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food |
| cordgrass, cord grass | Any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina |
| crabgrass, crab grass, finger grass | grasses with creeping stems that root freely |
| creeping soft grass, Holcus mollis | European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage |
| dallisgrass, dallis grass, paspalum, Paspalum dilatatum | tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States |
| dropseed, drop-seed | A grass of the genus Sporobolus |
| feathertop, feathertop grass, Pennistum villosum | northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles |
| fescue, fescue grass, meadow fescue, Festuca elatior | grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns |
| finger grass | Any grass of the genus Chloris |
| fountain grass, Pennisetum ruppelii, Pennisetum setaceum | tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia |
| giant star grass, Cynodon plectostachyum | perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high |
| goat grass, Aegilops triuncalis | European grass naturalized as a weed in North America |
| grama, grama grass, gramma, gramma grass | pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America |
| hardinggrass, Harding grass, toowomba canary grass, Phalaris aquatica, Phalaris tuberosa | perennial grass of Australia and South Africa |
| knotgrass, Paspalum distichum | low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems |
| lemongrass, lemon grass | A tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka |
| love grass, bay grass | Any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis |
| lyme grass | A grass of the genus Elymus |
| meadowgrass, meadow grass | Any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture |
| midgrass | Any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States |
| munj, munja, Saccharum bengalense, Saccharum munja | tough / tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets |
| nimblewill, nimble Will, Muhlenbergia schreberi | Slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States |
| orchard grass, cocksfoot, cockspur, Dactylis glomerata | Widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass |
| pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana | tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps |
| plume grass | A reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes |
| plumed tussock, toe toe, toetoe, Cortaderia richardii, Arundo richardii | tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads |
| reed canary grass, gardener's garters, lady's laces, ribbon grass, Phalaris arundinacea | perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves |
| reed grass | Any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes |
| rush grass, rush-grass | grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles |
| rye grass, ryegrass | Any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses |
| sandbur, sandspur, field sandbur, Cenchrus tribuloides | grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs |
| sheep fescue, sheep's fescue, Festuca ovina | cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass |
| shortgrass, short-grass | Any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions |
| silver grass | Of Australia and New Zealand |
| sword grass | Any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges |
| tall oat grass, tall meadow grass, evergreen grass, false oat, French rye, Arrhenatherum elatius | coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat |
| tallgrass, tall-grass | Any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture |
| timothy, herd's grass, Phleum pratense | grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay |
| velvet grass, Yorkshire fog, Holcus lanatus | tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem |
| wheatgrass, wheat-grass | A grass of the genus Agropyron |
| wild rye | Any of several grasses of the genus Elymus |
| zoysia | Any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia |
| Broader | gramineous plant, graminaceous plant | cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves |
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| Spanish | césped, grama, hierba, pasto |
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| Catalan | herba |
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| Adjectives | grassy | abounding in grass |
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| Verbs | grass | feed with grass |
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| grass | cover with grass |
| grass | cover with grass |
