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FEATHERTOP GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feathertop grass mean? 

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

1. northeastern tropical African plant having feathery paniclesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FEATHERTOP GRASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

feathertop; feathertop grass; Pennistum villosum

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

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

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

genus Pennisetum; Pennisetum (a genus of Old World grasses)


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