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Bunch grass

A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.

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Grass 76% connected

Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bunchgrass 92% connected

any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adventitious root noun · 78% connection

root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

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Agrostis noun · 78% connection

A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable…

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Barbet noun · 78% connection

A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunche…

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Bermuda grass unknown · 78% connection

A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now w…

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Browse noun · 78% connection

To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grass, growing, bunches, affording, pasture.
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Bunch verb · 78% connection

To form into a bunch or bunches.

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Bunchy adjective · 78% connection

Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail.

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Cabrilla noun · 78% connection

A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast…

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Charm noun · 78% connection

Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grass, growing, bunches, affording, pasture.
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Cockspur noun · 78% connection

widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grass, growing, bunches, affording, pasture.
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Colloped adjective · 78% connection

Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grass, growing, bunches, affording, pasture.
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Darnel noun · 78% connection

Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other spe…

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Depasture v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grass, growing, bunches, affording, pasture.
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Eschscholtzia noun · 78% connection

A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful…

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Fescue noun · 78% connection

A grass of the genus Festuca.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: grass, growing, bunches, affording, pasture.
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Forage noun · 78% connection

Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats.

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Foxtail noun · 78% connection

The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria.

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Gama grass unknown · 78% connection

A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Sou…

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Grama grass unknown · 78% connection

The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya.

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