"snowgrass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snowgrasses [plural]
Etymology: From snow + grass. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snow|grass}} snow + grass Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowgrass (plural snowgrasses)
  1. tough clumps of mountain grass that are covered in snow part of the year Translations (tough clumps of mountain grass): haumata (Maori), hunangāmoho (Maori)
    Sense id: en-snowgrass-en-noun-f8y2st1N Disambiguation of 'tough clumps of mountain grass': 95 5
  2. (Australia) Any of various grasses of high-country areas of southeastern Australia (including Tasmania), especially perennials of the genus Poa. Tags: Australia Categories (lifeform): Grasses
    Sense id: en-snowgrass-en-noun-u8niBRYa Disambiguation of Grasses: 20 80 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snow grass

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for snowgrass meaning in English (2.3kB)

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