"beardgrass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: beardgrasses [plural], beard grass [alternative]
Etymology: From beard + grass. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|beard|grass}} beard + grass Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} beardgrass (usually uncountable, plural beardgrasses)
  1. Any of a number of grasses with beard-like inflorescences or other structures, especially those currently or formerly classified in the genus Andropogon Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (grass in the genus Andropogon): İdris otu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-beardgrass-en-noun-Dajm1~jb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Turkish translations, Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Grasses Derived forms: annual beardgrass (taxonomic: Polypogon monspeliensis), broom beardgrass (alt: syn. Andropogon scoparius) (taxonomic: Schizachyrium scoparium), bushy beardgrass (alt: Anatherum glomeratum, syn. Andropogon glomeratus), cane beardgrass (alt: syn. Andropogon barbinodis) (taxonomic: Bothriochloa barbinodis), Elliott's beardgrass (alt: Anatherum gyrans, syn. Andropogon gyrans), golden beardgrass (taxonomic: Chrysopogon fallax), Mediterranean beardgrass (taxonomic: Polypogon maritimus), pitted beardgrass (alt: syn, Andropogon pertusus) (taxonomic: Bothriochloa pertusa), prairie beardgrass (alt: syn. Andropogon scoparius) (taxonomic: Schizachyrium scoparium), silver beardgrass (alt: syn. Andropogon laguroides) (taxonomic: Bothriochloa laguroides), woolly beardgrass (alt: Erianthus spp.)

Inflected forms

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