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KNOTGRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knotgrass mean? 

KNOTGRASS (noun)
  The noun KNOTGRASS has 1 sense:

1. low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stemsplay

  Familiarity information: KNOTGRASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KNOTGRASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

knotgrass; Paspalum distichum

Hypernyms ("knotgrass" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Holonyms ("knotgrass" is a member of...):

genus Paspalum (a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions)


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