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REED CANARY GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reed canary grass mean? 

REED CANARY GRASS (noun)
  The noun REED CANARY GRASS has 1 sense:

1. perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: REED CANARY GRASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REED CANARY GRASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gardener's garters; lady's laces; Phalaris arundinacea; reed canary grass; ribbon grass

Hypernyms ("reed canary 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 ("reed canary grass" is a member of...):

genus Phalaris; Phalaris (a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers)


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