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feathergrass

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of various perennial hermaphroditic grasses of the genus Stipa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From feather + grass.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: ҡылған (qılğan) — Stipa
  • Belarusian: кавы́ль (kavýlʹ) — Stipa
  • Bulgarian: коило (koilo) — Stipa
  • Czech: kavyl — Stipa
  • German: Federgras — Stipa
  • Macedonian: ковил (kovil) — Stipa
  • Polish: ostnica — Stipa
  • Russian: ковы́ль (kovýlʹ) — Stipa
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̏вӣље — Stipa
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȍvīlje — Stipa
  • Slovak: kavyľ — Stipa
  • Upper Sorbian: kowjel — Stipa
  • Ukrainian: кови́ла (kovýla) — Stipa