"quaking grass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quaking grasses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quaking grass (countable and uncountable, plural quaking grasses)
  1. Any of the genus Briza of annual and perennial grasses, whose flowers and seedheads shake on their stalks in the slightest breeze. Wikipedia link: quaking grass Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Poeae tribe grasses Translations (plant of the genus Briza): brizë [feminine] (Albanian), belluguet [masculine] (Catalan), bellugadís [masculine] (Catalan), trilgras [neuter] (Dutch), räpelö (Finnish), Zittergras [neuter] (German), 방울새풀 (bang'ulsaepul) (Korean), drżączka [feminine] (Polish), трясу́нка (trjasúnka) [feminine] (Russian)

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