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AFRICAN LOVE GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does African love grass mean?
• AFRICAN LOVE GRASS (noun)
The noun AFRICAN LOVE GRASS has 1 sense:
1. perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems; introduced into United States especially for erosion control
Familiarity information: AFRICAN LOVE GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems; introduced into United States especially for erosion control
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
African love grass; Eragrostis curvula; weeping love grass
Hypernyms ("African love grass" is a kind of...):
bay grass; love grass (any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion)
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