REED CANARY GRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reed canary grass mean? • REED CANARY GRASS (noun)
The noun REED CANARY GRASS has 1 sense:
1. perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
Familiarity information: REED CANARY GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REED CANARY GRASS (noun)
Meaning:
Perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
gardener's garters; lady's laces; Phalaris arundinacea; reed canary grass; ribbon grass
Hypernyms ("reed canary 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 ("reed canary grass" is a member of...):
genus Phalaris; Phalaris (a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers)
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