"switchgrass" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: switchgrasses [plural]
Etymology: From switch + grass. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|switch|grass}} switch + grass Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} switchgrass (countable and uncountable, plural switchgrasses)
  1. A tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Paniceae tribe grasses Related terms: panic grass Translations (Panicum virgatum): стрелковидна трева (strelkovidna treva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 柳枝稷 (liǔzhījì) (Chinese Mandarin), lännenhirssi (Finnish), luutahirssi (Finnish), panic érigé [masculine] (French), Rutenhirse [feminine] (German), 큰개기장 (keun'gaegijang) (Korean)

Inflected forms

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