Phrase Hound found 106 phrases and 104 compound words that contain grasses. The most common are listed below. Open grasses in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 106
- bunch grassesplural of bunch grass: Any grass that grows in tussocks.
- sea-grassesplural of sea-grass: Any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water.
- sword grassesplural of sword grass: Any of various grasses with blades that are sharp enough to cut human skin.
- de Grassesplural of de Grasse: A surname from French.
- after-grassesplural of after-grass: The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown.
- beach grassesplural of beach grass: Any grass of the genus Ammophila.
- bent grassesplural of bent grass: Any of several grasses, of the genus Agrostis, native to temperate climates; grown for pasture, turf and for putting greens and golf courses.
- Bermuda grassesplural of Bermuda grass: A perennial grass, Cynodon dactylon, native to Africa and Asia, used in warm areas of the world for pasture, lawn and making hay.
- blue grassesplural of blue grass: Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
- buffalo grassesplural of buffalo grass: Bouteloua dactyloides.
- canary grassesplural of canary grass: Grass of species Phalaris canariensis, whose seeds are used as birdseed, believed to be native to Morocco and the Canary Islands, now widespread in most semitropical to cool-temperate environments.
- cane grassesplural of cane grass: Any of several grasses, of the genus Eragrostis, grown as a forage crop or to protect against erosion.
- carpet grassesplural of carpet grass: Any of various grasses of the genus Axonopus, of tropical and subtropical American, some of which are rhizomatous; now widespread throughout the tropics worldwide.
- cheat grassesplural of cheat grass: Downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.
- cord grassesplural of cord grass: Any of various species of coastal wetland grass in the genus Spartina.
- devil grassesplural of devil grass: Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon.
- elephant grassesplural of elephant grass: Synonym of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum)
- feather-grassesplural of feather-grass: Any of various perennial hermaphroditic grasses of the genus Stipa.
- fever grassesplural of fever grass: A grass of species of genus Cymbopogon.
- finger grassesplural of finger grass: Any of genus Digitaria, especially, Digitaria sanguinalis, typical crabgrass.
- goose grassesplural of goose grass: Any of various grasses, sometimes used as food for geese, principally in genus Eleusine.
- grasses upthird-person singular simple present indicative of grass up: To betray by informing on.
- Guatemala grassesplural of Guatemala grass: teosinte (Zea spp.)
- Johnson grassesplural of Johnson grass: A perennial Mediterranean grass (Sorghum halepense) cultivated for forage, but considered invasive and noxious.
- kangaroo grassesplural of kangaroo grass: Any of various tussocky grasses of the genus Themeda, especially Themeda triandra.
Compound words 104
- seagrassesplural of seagrass: Any of various grass-like marine plants that grow underwater in salt water.
- turfgrassesplural of turfgrass: Any grass used to make turf.
- aftergrassesplural of aftergrass: The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown.
- alkaligrassesplural of alkaligrass: The saltgrass Puccinellia
- arrowgrassesplural of arrowgrass: Any of various grass-like plants of the genus Triglochin.
- bahiagrassesplural of bahiagrass: A tropical or subtropical perennial grass, Paspalum notatum, native from Mexico to South America and introduced elsewhere
- beachgrassesplural of beachgrass: Any grass of the genus Ammophila.
- beardgrassesplural of beardgrass: Any of a number of grasses with beard-like inflorescences or other structures, especially those currently or formerly classified in the genus Andropogon
- beargrassesplural of beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax, a grasslike perennial closely related to lilies, formerly used in basketweaving by the Native Americans.
- bentgrassesplural of bentgrass: Any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis.