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beardgrass

noun

Etymology

From beard + grass.

  1. inherited from *gʰreh₁-✻ — “to grow”
  2. inherited from *grasą✻ — “grass”
  3. inherited from *gras✻
  4. inherited from græs
  5. inherited from gras
  6. compounded as beardgrass — “beard + grass”

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of grasses with beard-like inflorescences or other structures, especially…

    Any of a number of grasses with beard-like inflorescences or other structures, especially those currently or formerly classified in the genus Andropogon

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA