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 | ||