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EGYPTIAN GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Egyptian grass mean?
• EGYPTIAN GRASS (noun)
The noun EGYPTIAN GRASS has 1 sense:
1. a creeping grass with spikes like fingers
Familiarity information: EGYPTIAN GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A creeping grass with spikes like fingers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
crowfoot grass; Dactyloctenium aegypticum; Egyptian grass
Hypernyms ("Egyptian grass" is a kind of...):
crab grass; crabgrass; finger grass (grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns)
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