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GOAT GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does goat grass mean?
• GOAT GRASS (noun)
The noun GOAT GRASS has 1 sense:
1. European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock
Familiarity information: GOAT GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aegilops triuncalis; goat grass
Hypernyms ("goat 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 ("goat grass" is a member of...):
Aegilops; genus Aegilops (goat grass)
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