bay_grass (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *bay grass*:
NOUN	plant	bay grass, love grass	any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis

English > *bay grass*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion.
Synonym	love grass
Member of	Eragrostis, genus Eragrostis	annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics
Narrower	teff, teff grass, Eragrostis tef, Eragrostic abyssinica	An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay
Narrower	weeping love grass, African love grass, Eragrostis curvula	perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems
Broader	grass	Narrow-leaved green herbage

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