English Dictionary |
GARDENER'S GARTERS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does gardener's garters mean?
• GARDENER'S GARTERS (noun)
The noun GARDENER'S GARTERS has 1 sense:
1. perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
Familiarity information: GARDENER'S GARTERS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
gardener's garters; lady's laces; Phalaris arundinacea; reed canary grass; ribbon grass
Hypernyms ("gardener's garters" is a kind of...):
grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)
Holonyms ("gardener's garters" is a member of...):
genus Phalaris; Phalaris (a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Out of sight, out of mind." (Bulgarian proverb)
"Will take one to the water and bring him back thirsty." (Armenian proverb)
"He who protects himself from cold also wards off heat." (Corsican proverb)