reed grass

reed grass

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tall perennial grass, Glyceria maxima, of rivers and ponds of Europe, Asia, and Canada

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Noun

1.

reed grass - any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay Calamagrostis, genus Calamagrostis - reed grass Calamagrostis acutiflora, feather reed grass, feathertop - a variety of reed grass Australian reed grass, Calamagrostic quadriseta - tall Australian reedlike grass sometimes used for hay