hair grass

See also: hairgrass

English

Noun

hair grass (uncountable)

A grass with very slender leaves or branches, as:
1. Agrostis scabra, a bunchgrass.
2. Several species of Aira.
3. Species of Koeleria.
4. Several species of Deschampsia, tussock grass.

Synonyms

(Agrostis scabra): rough bent grass, rough bent, ticklegrass, tumbleweed, winter bentgrass

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hair grass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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