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yardgrass

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Grass in a lawn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Eleusine indica, a coarse annual grass often found as a weed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crowfootgrass, Indian goosegrass, wiregrass

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yard grass, wire grass, goose grass, Eleusine indica

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: millet

History

Etymology

From yard + grass.