plume grass

noun

Grasses of the genus Erianthus, of the Americas.

Meanings

nounplume grass (countable and uncountable, plural plume grasses)

plural plume grasses

  1. countableuncountableGrasses of the genus Erianthus, of the Americas.
  2. countableuncountableSilver bluestem, a grass of species Bothriochloa saccharoides), having spikelets arranged in long silky plumes, that grows in swamps in the southern United States.
  3. countableuncountableRavenna grass, Italian sugar cane (Tripidium ravennae).
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