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Bunchgrass

Any of various grasses of the family Poaceae that grow in clumps rather than forming a sod or mat.

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Any of various grasses of the family Poaceae that grow in clumps rather than forming a sod or mat.

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Word	Definition
bunch grassnoun	Synonym of tussock grass.

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Word	Definition
bunch grassnoun	Synonym of tussock grass.
grassnoun	(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
needlegrassnoun	Any of several genera of Poaceae grasses:
tussock grassnoun	Any grass that grows in tussocks.
hair grassnoun	A grass with very slender leaves or branches, as:
bluebunchnoun	A bunchgrass of the species Pseudoroegneria spicata
panicgrassnoun	Any of several of the species of grass in the genus Panicum.
ryegrassnoun	(uncountable) A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field.
basketgrassnoun	Any of various grasses of the genus Oplismenus.
witchgrassnoun	Any of several grasses, of the genus Panicum, often found as a weed.
meadow grassnoun	Any grass of the genus Poa.
wind-grassnoun	Any of a number of grasses:
bentgrassnoun	Any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis.
pampas grassnoun	Cortaderia selloana, including its cultivars.
tussac grassnoun	Archaic form of tussock grass. [Any grass that grows in tussocks.]
hardgrassnoun	Any of the genus Sclerochloa of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.
dallisgrassnoun	Any of the grasses in the genus Paspalum.
oatgrassnoun	Any of various grasses resembling oats:
pinegrassnoun	Calamagrostis rubescens, a perennial bunchgrass native to western North America.
bentnoun	A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.