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BOTTLE GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bottle grass mean? 

BOTTLE GRASS (noun)
  The noun BOTTLE GRASS has 1 sense:

1. European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weedplay

  Familiarity information: BOTTLE GRASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOTTLE GRASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bottle-grass; bottle grass; green bristlegrass; green foxtail; rough bristlegrass; Setaria viridis

Hypernyms ("bottle grass" is a kind of...):

foxtail; foxtail grass (grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes)


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