Grasses

Grass (gräs), Günter Wilhelm Born 1927.

German writer whose novels, notably The Tin Drum (1959) and Dog Years (1963), concern the political and social climate of Germany during and after World War II. He won the 1999 Nobel Prize for literature.

grass (gr

a. The grass family.

b. The members of the grass family considered as a group.

2. Any of various plants having slender leaves characteristic of the grass family.

3. An expanse of ground, such as a lawn, covered with grass or similar plants.

4. Grazing land; pasture.

5. Slang Marijuana.

6. Electronics Small variations in amplitude of an oscilloscope display caused by electrical noise.

v. grassed, grass·ing, grass·es

v.tr.

a. To cover with grass.

b. To grow grass on.

2. To feed (livestock) with grass.

v.intr.

1. To become covered with grass.

2. To graze.

[Middle English gras, from Old English græs; see ghr- in Indo-European roots.]

Grasses

See also botany; plants

agrostography

a description of grasses. — agrostographer, n.

agrostology

the branch of systematic botany that studies grasses. Also called graminology. — agrostologist, n.

graminology

agrostology.

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Agropyron repens
Bermuda grass
buffalo grass
couch grass
crab grass
crabgrass
dog grass
family Graminaceae
family Gramineae
finger grass
foxtail grass
genus Phalaris
goose grass
Grass
Johnson grass
kweek
love grass
lyme grass
old witch grass

A little to one side of the ford in the densest thicket he heard the faint sound of padded feet, and the brushing of a huge body against tall grasses and tangled creepers.

The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

Under their feet in the grasses My clinging magic runs.

Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

In spite of the terror that made his body shake, George Willard was amused at the sight of the small spry figure holding the grasses and half running along the platform.

Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context

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Grass-pink
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Grass-warbler
Grass-warbler
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Grassetech Enterprises
Grassfields Bantu
Grassfields Bantu language
Grassfields Bantu languages
grassfinch
grassfire
Grassheads
Grasshearth
Grasshook
Grasshook
Grasshook
grasshopper
grasshopper
grasshopper
grasshopper
Grasshopper (drink)
Grasshopper (drink)
Grasshopper (drink)
Grasshopper Club Niederhasli
Grasshopper Club Zurich
Grasshopper cocktail
Grasshopper cocktail
Grasshopper cocktail
Grasshopper engine
grasshopper fuse
grasshopper linkage
Grasshopper lobster
Grasshopper mice
grasshopper mouse

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