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HERD'S GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does herd's grass mean?
• HERD'S GRASS (noun)
The noun HERD'S GRASS has 1 sense:
1. grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay
Familiarity information: HERD'S GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
herd's grass; Phleum pratense; timothy
Hypernyms ("herd's grass" is a kind of...):
grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)
Meronyms (parts of "herd's grass"):
timothy (a grass grown for hay)
Holonyms ("herd's grass" is a member of...):
genus Phleum; Phleum (grasses native to temperate regions)
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