BROOM GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does broom grass mean? 

• BROOM GRASS (noun)
  The noun BROOM GRASS has 1 sense:

1. any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making

  Familiarity information: BROOM GRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROOM GRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("broom grass" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "broom grass"):

Andropogon virginicus; broom sedge (tall tufted grass of southeastern United States)

Andropogon scoparius; broom beard grass; prairie grass; Schizachyrium scoparium; wire grass (handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn)

Holonyms ("broom grass" is a member of...):

Andropogon; genus Andropogon (tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions)