"speargrass" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: speargrasses [plural]
Etymology: spear + grass Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spear|grass}} spear + grass Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} speargrass (countable and uncountable, plural speargrasses)
  1. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
    Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Celery family plants, Grasses
    Sense id: en-speargrass-en-noun-P~FEo5Fq Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 18 12 18 20 18 15 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 20 5 14 22 21 18 Disambiguation of Grasses: 18 13 16 20 18 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 21 23 21 14
  2. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
    Heteropogon contortus (tanglehead)
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Grasses
    Sense id: en-speargrass-en-noun-vwYRx~DE Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 18 12 18 20 18 15 Disambiguation of Grasses: 18 13 16 20 18 15
  3. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
    Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Celery family plants, Grasses
    Sense id: en-speargrass-en-noun-h~XKlmUA Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 18 12 18 20 18 15 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 20 5 14 22 21 18 Disambiguation of Grasses: 18 13 16 20 18 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 21 23 21 14
  4. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
    Species of Poa (bluegrass etc)
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Celery family plants, Grasses, Poeae tribe grasses
    Sense id: en-speargrass-en-noun-HrP0jBmM Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 18 12 18 20 18 15 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 20 5 14 22 21 18 Disambiguation of Grasses: 18 13 16 20 18 15 Disambiguation of Poeae tribe grasses: 20 8 15 26 20 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 21 23 21 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 4 19 26 16 19
  5. Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
    Species of Stipa (feathergrass), typically Stipa calamagrostis
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Celery family plants, Grasses
    Sense id: en-speargrass-en-noun-ZVLiZsZp Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 18 12 18 20 18 15 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 20 5 14 22 21 18 Disambiguation of Grasses: 18 13 16 20 18 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 21 23 21 14
  6. Species of Aciphylla (Spaniard grass) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Celery family plants, Grasses Translations ((Aciphylla) grass with sharp points): kurikuri (Maori), karamea (Maori), taramea (Maori)
    Sense id: en-speargrass-en-noun-PGCuqGTV Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 18 12 18 20 18 15 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 20 5 14 22 21 18 Disambiguation of Grasses: 18 13 16 20 18 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 21 23 21 14 Disambiguation of '(Aciphylla) grass with sharp points': 2 2 8 2 2 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spear grass Hyponyms: black speargrass

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.