broom beard grass

broom beard grass
noun
handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn
Hypernyms: ↑broom grass

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  • wire grass — noun 1. handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn • Syn: ↑broom beard grass, ↑prairie grass, ↑Andropogon scoparius, ↑Schizachyrium scoparium • Hypernyms: ↑broom grass 2. coarse annual grass having fingerlike… …   Useful english dictionary

  • prairie grass — noun handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn • Syn: ↑broom beard grass, ↑wire grass, ↑Andropogon scoparius, ↑Schizachyrium scoparium • Hypernyms: ↑broom grass * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • Andropogon scoparius — noun handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn • Syn: ↑broom beard grass, ↑prairie grass, ↑wire grass, ↑Schizachyrium scoparium • Hypernyms: ↑broom grass …   Useful english dictionary

  • Schizachyrium scoparium — noun handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn • Syn: ↑broom beard grass, ↑prairie grass, ↑wire grass, ↑Andropogon scoparius • Hypernyms: ↑broom grass …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Andropogon — An dro*po gon, n. [NL.; Gr. anh r, andro s, man + pw gwn the beard.] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Andropogon halepensis — Andropogon An dro*po gon, n. [NL.; Gr. anh r, andro s, man + pw gwn the beard.] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Andropogon nardus — Andropogon An dro*po gon, n. [NL.; Gr. anh r, andro s, man + pw gwn the beard.] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Andropogon schoenanthus — Andropogon An dro*po gon, n. [NL.; Gr. anh r, andro s, man + pw gwn the beard.] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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