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noun
Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A grass of the genus Agropyron, commonly known as crested-wheat grass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
a grass of the genus Agropyron
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wheat-grass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grass
Narrower terms: crested wheatgrass, crested wheat grass, fairway crested wheat grass, Agropyron cristatum, dog grass, couch grass, quackgrass, quack grass, quick grass, witch grass, witchgrass, Agropyron repens, bearded wheatgrass, Agropyron subsecundum, western wheatgrass, bluestem wheatgrass, Agropyron smithii, intermediate wheatgrass, Agropyron intermedium, Elymus hispidus, slender wheatgrass, Agropyron trachycaulum, Agropyron pauciflorum, Elymus trachycaulos
History
From wheat + grass.
Across languages
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