FEATHERTOP GRASS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does feathertop grass mean? 

• FEATHERTOP GRASS (noun)
  The noun FEATHERTOP GRASS has 1 sense:

1. northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles

  Familiarity information: FEATHERTOP GRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEATHERTOP GRASS (noun)

Meaning:

Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

feathertop; feathertop grass; Pennistum villosum

Hypernyms ("feathertop grass" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Holonyms ("feathertop grass" is a member of...):

genus Pennisetum; Pennisetum (a genus of Old World grasses)