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TALL-GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tall-grass mean?
• TALL-GRASS (noun)
The noun TALL-GRASS has 1 sense:
1. any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture
Familiarity information: TALL-GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
tall-grass; tallgrass
Hypernyms ("tall-grass" is a kind of...):
grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)
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