wire grass

A form of wiregrass — Any of various unrelated grasses.

Similar
broom beard grassprairie grassAndropogon scopariusSchizachyrium scopariumyardgrassyard grassgoose grassEleusine indica

Meanings

nounwire grass (plural wire grasses)

plural wire grasses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wiregrass.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhandsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn

Similar
broom beard grassprairie grassAndropogon scopariusSchizachyrium scoparium
Broader
broom grass

nouncoarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere

Similar
yardgrassyard grassgoose grassEleusine indica
Broader
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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