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VELVET GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does velvet grass mean? 

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

1. tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forageplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VELVET GRASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Holcus lanatus; velvet grass; Yorkshire fog

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

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


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