English > meadowgrass: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture. |
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Synonym | meadow grass |
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Member of | Gramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family | The grasses |
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Narrower | foxtail, foxtail grass | grasses of the genera ... / genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes |
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manna grass, sweet grass | Any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor |
wood meadowgrass, Poa nemoralis, Agrostis alba | Slender European grass of shady places |
Broader | grass | Narrow-leaved green herbage |
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