Grasses


grass

G0235500 (grăs)n.1. a. A member of the grass family.b. The members of the grass family considered as a group.2. Any of various plants having slender leaves similar to those of a grass.3. Ground, as on a lawn, that is covered with grass or similar plants.4. Grazing land; pasture.5. Slang Marijuana.6. Electronics Small variations in amplitude of an oscilloscope display caused by electrical noise.7. Chiefly British Slang An informer.v. grassed, grass·ing, grass·es v.tr.1. a. To cover with grass.b. To grow grass on.2. To feed (livestock) with grass.v.intr.1. To become covered with grass.2. To graze.
[Middle English gras, from Old English græs; see ghrē- in Indo-European roots.]

Grasses

See also botany; plants
agrostographya description of grasses. — agrostographer, n.agrostologythe branch of systematic botany that studies grasses. Also called graminology. — agrostologist, n.graminologyagrostology.