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BOTTLE GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bottle grass mean?
• BOTTLE GRASS (noun)
The noun BOTTLE GRASS has 1 sense:
1. European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed
Familiarity information: BOTTLE GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bottle-grass; bottle grass; green bristlegrass; green foxtail; rough bristlegrass; Setaria viridis
Hypernyms ("bottle grass" is a kind of...):
foxtail; foxtail grass (grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes)
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