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VELVET GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does velvet grass mean?
• VELVET GRASS (noun)
The noun VELVET GRASS has 1 sense:
1. tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage
Familiarity information: VELVET GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Holcus lanatus; velvet grass; Yorkshire fog
Hypernyms ("velvet 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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