Definition of grass

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

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Gladen :: Gladen (n.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima..
Panicum :: Panicum (n.) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass..
Draggle :: Draggle (v. i.) To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass.
Aftergrass :: Aftergrass (n.) The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.
Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper..
Frosty :: Frosty (a.) Covered with frost; as, the grass is frosty..
Alfa Grass :: Alfa grass (n.) A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making..
Emblement :: Emblement (n.) The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement..
Mow :: Mow (v. i.) To cut grass, etc., with a scythe, or with a machine; to cut grass for hay..
Hassock :: Hassock (n.) A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.
Manna Croup :: Manna croup () The husked grains of manna grass.
Turf :: Turf (n.) That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod..
Esparto :: Esparto (n.) A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper..
Pasture :: Pasture (n.) Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage..
Xyris :: Xyris (n.) A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States..
Sciuroid :: Sciuroid (a.) Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley..
Rust :: Rust (n.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish..
Plasma :: Plasma (n.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments..
Arrow Grass :: Arrow grass (n.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads..
Glume :: Glume (n.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt..
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