speargrass
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Etymology
Noun
speargrass (countable and uncountable, plural speargrasses)
- Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
- Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)
- Heteropogon contortus (tanglehead)
- Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
- Species of Poa (bluegrass etc)
- Species of Stipa (feathergrass), typically Stipa calamagrostis
- Species of Aciphylla (Spaniard grass)
Hyponyms
- (H. contortus): black speargrass