squirrel-tail grass

[skwur-uh l-teyl, skwuhr- or, esp. British, skwir-]

noun

any of various grasses having long fruiting stalks.

Origin of squirrel-tail grass

First recorded in 1770–80

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British Dictionary definitions for squirrel-tail grass

squirrel-tail grass

noun

an annual grass, Hordeum marinum, of salt marsh margins of Europe, having bushy awns

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