English noun: wire grass | |||
1. | wire grass (plant) handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn | ||
Synonyms | Andropogon scoparius, broom beard grass, prairie grass, Schizachyrium scoparium | ||
Broader (hypernym) | broom grass | ||
2. | wire grass (plant) coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere | ||
Synonyms | Eleusine indica, goose grass, yard grass, yardgrass | ||
Broader (hypernym) | millet | ||
Member meronym | Eleusine, genus Eleusine | ||