English > wheatgrass: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A grass of the genus Agropyron. |
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| Synonym | wheat-grass |
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| Member of | Agropyron, genus Agropyron | perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions |
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| Narrower | bearded wheatgrass, Agropyron subsecundum | A wheatgrass with straight terminal awns on the flowering glumes |
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| crested wheatgrass, crested wheat grass, fairway crested wheat grass, Agropyron cristatum | Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control |
| dog grass, couch grass, quackgrass, quack grass, quick grass, witch grass, witchgrass, Agropyron repens | European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes |
| intermediate wheatgrass, Agropyron intermedium, Elymus hispidus | Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder |
| slender wheatgrass, Agropyron trachycaulum, Agropyron pauciflorum, Elymus trachycaulos | North American grass cultivated in western United States as excellent forage crop |
| western wheatgrass, bluestem wheatgrass, Agropyron smithii | Valuable forage grass of western United States |
| Broader | grass | Narrow-leaved green herbage |
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| Spanish | agropiro |
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