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blackgrass

noun

Etymology

From black + 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 blackgrass — “black + grass”

Definitions

  1. Alopecurus myosuroides, a weed that harms wheat crops.

  2. Juncus gerardii, a salt marsh plant used for facing dikes.

The neighborhood

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