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DEER GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deer grass mean? 

DEER GRASS (noun)
  The noun DEER GRASS has 1 sense:

1. any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DEER GRASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

deer grass; meadow beauty

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

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

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

genus Rhexia; Rhexia (deer grass)


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