"blade of grass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blades of grass [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|blades of grass}} blade of grass (plural blades of grass)
  1. A single long, narrow leaf of a plant described by the mass noun grass. Categories (topical): Plant anatomy Related terms: drop of water, grain of sand, speck of dust Translations (a single instance of a plant described by the mass noun grass): sprietje [neuter] (Dutch), grashalm [masculine] (Dutch), rohulible (Estonian), ruoho (Finnish), brin d’herbe [masculine] (French), Grashalm [masculine] (German), folio de herba (Interlingua), filo d'erba [masculine] (Italian), 草の葉 (kusanoha) (alt: くさのは) (Japanese), źdźbło [neuter] (Polish), folha de grama [feminine] (Portuguese), трави́нка (travínka) [feminine] (Russian), были́нка (bylínka) [feminine] (Russian), были́ца (bylíca) [archaic, feminine] (Russian), стебелёк травы́ (stebeljók travý) [masculine] (Russian), brizna de hierba [feminine] (Spanish), grässtrå [neuter] (Swedish), lá cỏ (Vietnamese), yebastag (Volapük)
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  2. (rare) A very small amount of something. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-blade_of_grass-en-noun-DSJEzpTi

Inflected forms

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