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BRISTLE GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bristle grass mean? 

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

1. grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikeletplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BRISTLE GRASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bristle grass; bristlegrass

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

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

Holonyms ("bristle grass" is a member of...):

genus Setaria; Setaria (annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses)


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