"ricegrass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ricegrasses [plural]
Etymology: rice + grass, from its resemblance to true rice. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rice|grass}} rice + grass Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ricegrass (countable and uncountable, plural ricegrasses)
  1. Any of the genus Oryzopsis of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family. Wikipedia link: ricegrass Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Grasses Derived forms: Indian ricegrass (alt: Eriocoma hymenoides, syn. Oryzopsis hymenoides), roughleaf ricegrass (taxonomic: Oryzopsis asperifolia)

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