spear grass


noun
  1. any of various grasses, as a meadow grass or a bent grass, having lance-shaped leaves or floral spikes.

Origin of spear grass

1
First recorded in 1540–50

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British Dictionary definitions for spear grass

spear grass

nounNZ
  1. another name for wild Spaniard

  2. any of various native Australian grasses, esp of the genera Stipa or Heteropogon, with sharp-pointed seeds

  1. any of various grasses with sharp stiff blades or seeds

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