"kangaroo grass" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-kangaroo grass.ogg [Australia] Forms: kangaroo grasses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|es}} kangaroo grass (usually uncountable, plural kangaroo grasses)
  1. (Australia) Any of various tussocky grasses of the genus Themeda, especially Themeda triandra. Tags: Australia, uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses

Inflected forms

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