oat grass

noun

any of several grasses of the genus Arrhenatherum or Danthonia, especially A. elatius, native to Europe, having a purplish-green flowering panicle.

Origin of oat grass

First recorded in 1570–80

Words Nearby oat grass

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How to use oat grass in a sentence

It is known as tall meadow oat-grass in each of the States we have mentioned above.
Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. | Various
I agree with you in the scientific name, and also in the common name, 'Tall Meadow Oat-grass.'
Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. | Various
They now contained a most luxuriant crop of oat-grass (Anthistiria).
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia | Thomas Mitchell
It is believed that the "oat grass" on the South African veldt is a case of that sort.
The Iron Ration | George Abel Schreiner
In the Southern States, the claims of orchard grass and tall oat grass would probably be paramount.
Clovers and How to Grow Them | Thomas Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for oat grass

oat grass

noun

any of various oatlike grasses, esp of the genera Arrhenatherum and Danthonia, of Eurasia and N. Africa

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