SHORTGRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shortgrass mean? 

• SHORTGRASS (noun)
  The noun SHORTGRASS has 1 sense:

1. any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains

  Familiarity information: SHORTGRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHORTGRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

short-grass; shortgrass

Hypernyms ("shortgrass" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)