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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 hayplay

  Familiarity information: HERD'S GRASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HERD'S GRASS (noun)


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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