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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 areasplay

  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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