the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture, especially those of the genus Poa, common in meadows, and of great value for hay and for pasture. See grass.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A general name for grasses of the genus Poa; chiefly, however, the larger and more useful species. See Spear-grass.
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n. any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
n. any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
Word Usage
"Of meadowgrass and riverflags, the bulrush and waterweed, and of fallen griefs of weeping willow."