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noun
Species of Melica, especially Melica bulbosa and Melica subulata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable, usually
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noun
Any of several species of non-native grasses of the genus Romulea, including Romulea rosea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, uncountable, usually
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noun
Wild or feral chives, garlic, or other species with grass-like leaves in the genus Allium, particularly Allium vineale, a wild herb native to Europe and western Asia, naturalised elsewhere; a common lawn weed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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