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    BAY GRASS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosionplay

    Synonyms:

    bay grass; love grass

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("bay grass" is a kind of...):

    grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bay grass"):

    Eragrostic abyssinica; Eragrostis tef; teff; teff grass (an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay)

    African love grass; Eragrostis curvula; weeping love grass (perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems; introduced into United States especially for erosion control)

    Holonyms ("bay grass" is a member of...):

    Eragrostis; genus Eragrostis (annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics)

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