"sugar grass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sugar grasses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sugar grass (plural sugar grasses)
  1. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses
    Sense id: en-sugar_grass-en-noun-edIkZ1xZ Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. (Australia) A perennial grass (Eulalia aurea), of mainland Australia and southeast Asia. Tags: Australia Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses Synonyms: sugargrass, sugar-grass
    Sense id: en-sugar_grass-en-noun-ocxOPdgD Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 51 49 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

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