GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms
Search results for: grass
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- grass (pl. grasses)
- Any of the monocotyledonous, mostly herbaceous plants of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, slender sheathing leaves, and flowers borne in spikelets of bracts.
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- grass catcher
- A container fitted onto a lawn mower to catch grass clippings while mowing.
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- grassland
- An area covered with grass and grass-like vegetation. See also: steppe, prairie, pampas, meadow, veld, campos, savanna.
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- bunch grass
- A style of grass that grows in tufts.
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- desert grassland
- Areas of the southwestern united States characterized by several species of adapted deep-rooted grasses such as grama grass, three awn grass, and curly mesquite.
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- dune grass
- Various species of Graminae with long roots, adapted to living on dry sand and used to stabilize dunes.
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- nurse grass
- A fast-growing temporary grass included in most grass seed mixtures to give rapid coverage and protect permanent grasses from soil erosion, sunscald, etc.
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