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English noun: wire grass

1. wire grass (plant) handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn


SynonymsAndropogon 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


SynonymsEleusine indica, goose grass, yard grass, yardgrass


Broader (hypernym)millet


Member meronymEleusine, genus Eleusine









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