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matgrass

noun

Etymology

From mat + 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 matgrass — “mat + grass”

Definitions

  1. The grass Nardus stricta.

  2. Synonym of matweed.

  3. Synonym of marram.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Spinifex hirsutus (rolling grass)

    2. Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass) and other closely related plants

    3. Hemarthria uncinata

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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