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GLAUCOUS BRISTLEGRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glaucous bristlegrass mean?
• GLAUCOUS BRISTLEGRASS (noun)
The noun GLAUCOUS BRISTLEGRASS has 1 sense:
1. common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas
Familiarity information: GLAUCOUS BRISTLEGRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GLAUCOUS BRISTLEGRASS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
glaucous bristlegrass; Setaria glauca; yellow bristle grass; yellow bristlegrass; yellow foxtail
Hypernyms ("glaucous bristlegrass" is a kind of...):
foxtail; foxtail grass (grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes)
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