windmill grass

noun

Any grass in the genus Chloris, especially Chloris truncata, a clumping grass of Australia.

Similar
finger grassAustralian fingergrassblack windmill grasscreeping windmill grassstar grassChloris truncata

Meanings

nounwindmill grass (countable and uncountable, plural windmill grasses)

plural windmill grasses

  1. countableuncountableAny grass in the genus Chloris, especially Chloris truncata, a clumping grass of Australia.

    Synonyms: finger grass, Australian fingergrass, black windmill grass

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny grass in the genus Chloris, especially Chloris truncata, a clumping grass of Australia.

Similar
finger grassAustralian fingergrassblack windmill grass

More synonyms by meaning

nounperennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill

Similar
creeping windmill grassstar grassChloris truncata
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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