wire_grass (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *wire grass*:
NOUN	plant	wire grass, broom beard grass, prairie grass, Andropogon scoparius, Schizachyrium scoparium	handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn
plant	wire grass, yardgrass, yard grass, goose grass, Eleusine indica	coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers

English > *wire grass*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn.
Synonyms	broom beard grass, prairie grass, Andropogon scoparius, Schizachyrium scoparium
Broader	broom grass	Any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon

English > *wire grass*: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere.
Synonyms	yardgrass, yard grass, goose grass, Eleusine indica
Member of	Eleusine, genus Eleusine	annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands
Broader	millet	Any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
Spanish	yardgrass
Catalan	yardgrass

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