SHORT-GRASS
Dictionary entry overview: What does short-grass mean? • SHORT-GRASS (noun)
The noun SHORT-GRASS has 1 sense:
1. any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
Familiarity information: SHORT-GRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SHORT-GRASS (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
short-grass; shortgrass
Hypernyms ("short-grass" is a kind of...):
grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)
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