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bunchgrass

noun

Etymology

From bunch + 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 bunchgrass — “bunch + grass”

Definitions

  1. Any of various grasses of the family Poaceae that grow in clumps rather than forming a…

    Any of various grasses of the family Poaceae that grow in clumps rather than forming a sod or mat.

    • With every day, as he kept moving north, bunchgrass became more abundant, and eventually the land turned yellow.

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