WIRE GRASS • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Wire grass

Translators

Dictionaries

Courses

Other

Home

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/wˈaɪər græs/ Listen

Wire grass

noun

Handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn. Synonyms: Andropogon scoparius, broom beard grass, prairie grass, Schizachyrium scoparium.

Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere. Synonyms: Eleusine indica, goose grass, yard grass, yardgrass.

See images of 'Wire grass'

Etymology of 'Wire grass'

Share |

"Wire grass" Quotes from Famous Books

... bow of the launch pushed its way through the wire grass and touched the bank. Alan laid aside his oar, tied the boat to a half-submerged log, and ...

— The Fire People • Ray Cummings

Words linked to "Wire grass" : Eleusine, genus Eleusine, millet, broom grass