Wire-grass
1Wire grass — Wire Wire (w[imac]r), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[=i]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [root]141.] [1913 Webster] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an… …
2wire grass — ☆ wire grass n. any of several grasses with wiry stems; esp. a European meadow grass (Poa compressa), naturalized in Canada and the U.S. * * * …
3wire grass — wire′ grass n. pln a Eurasian meadow grass, Poa compressa, naturalized in North America, having creeping rootstocks and thin stems …
4wire grass — ☆ wire grass n. any of several grasses with wiry stems; esp. a European meadow grass (Poa compressa), naturalized in Canada and the U.S …
5wire grass — noun 1. handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn • Syn: ↑broom beard grass, ↑prairie grass, ↑Andropogon scoparius, ↑Schizachyrium scoparium • Hypernyms: ↑broom grass 2. coarse annual grass having fingerlike… …
6wire grass — Crab Crab (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad …
7wire-grass — n. Crab grass, dog s tail grass (Eleusine Indica) …
8wire grass — noun Date: 1751 any of various grasses or rushes having wiry culms or leaves: as a. a Eurasian slender stemmed meadow grass (Poa compressa) widely naturalized in the United States and Canada b. any of several coarse grasses (genus Aristida) with… …
9wire grass — noun chiefly N. Amer. & Austral. grass with tough wiry stems …
10wire grass. — See Canada bluegrass. [1745 55, Amer.] * * * …
