ricegrass (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *ricegrass*:
NOUN	plant	ricegrass, rice grass	any grass of the genus Oryzopsis

English > *ricegrass*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any grass of the genus Oryzopsis.
Synonym	rice grass
Member of	Oryzopsis, genus Oryzopsis	rice grass
Narrower	mountain rice, silkgrass, silk grass, Indian millet, Oryzopsis hymenoides	Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
Narrower	smilo, smilo grass, Oryzopsis miliacea	perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America
Broader	cereal, cereal grass	grass whose starchy grains are used as food
Spanish	mijera

HyperDic: ricegrass