FOUNTAIN GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fountain grass mean? 

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

1. tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOUNTAIN GRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fountain grass; Pennisetum ruppelii; Pennisetum setaceum

Hypernyms ("fountain 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 ("fountain grass" is a member of...):

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