Lyme grass

Lyme´ grass`

n.

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(Bot.) A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. Elymus Canadensis, and the European Elymus arenarius.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lyme grass - a grass of the genus Elymus           grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay Elymus, genus Elymus - tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye) Elymus condensatus, giant ryegrass, Leymus condensatus - stout perennial grass of western North America Elymus arenarius, European dune grass, Leymus arenaria, sea lyme grass - a dune grass of the Pacific seacoast used as a sand binder