Aftergrass :: Aftergrass (n.) The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

Alfa Grass :: Alfa grass (n.) A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making..

Arrow Grass :: Arrow grass (n.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads..

Bent Grass :: Bent grass () Same as Bent, a kind of grass..

Bermuda Grass :: Bermuda grass () A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass..

Blue Grass :: Blue grass () A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass..

Blue-eyed Grass :: Blue-eyed grass () a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color..

Brome Grass :: Brome grass () A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat..

Bunch Grass :: Bunch grass () A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass..

Burgrass :: Burgrass (n.) Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit..

Couch Grass :: Couch grass () See Quitch grass.

Cutgrass :: Cutgrass () A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia..

Deergrass :: Deergrass (n.) An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomaceae inhabiting a temperate clime..

Dog's-tail Grass :: Dog's-tail grass (n.) A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed..

Doob Grass :: Doob grass () A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States..

Doub Grass :: Doub grass () Doob grass.

Eagrass :: Eagrass (n.) See Eddish.

Eelgrass :: Eelgrass (n.) A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast..

Gama Grass :: Gama grass () A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also sesame grass..

Grama Grass :: Grama grass () The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya..

Grass :: Grass (n.) Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

Grass :: Grass (n.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single..

Grass :: Grass (n.) The season of fresh grass; spring.

Grass :: Grass (n.) Metaphorically used for what is transitory.

Grass :: Grass (v. t.) To cover with grass or with turf.

Grass :: Grass (v. t.) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc..

Grass :: Grass (v. t.) To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish..

Grass :: Grass (v. i.) To produce grass.

Grass Tree :: Grass tree () An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called blackboys from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides..

Grass Tree :: Grass tree () A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis).

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