bunchgrass en · NOUN
Etymology
From bunch + grass.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any of various grasses of the family Poaceae that grow in clumps rather than forming a sod or mat.
With every day, as he kept moving north, bunchgrass became more abundant, and eventually the land turned yellow.
2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 135:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bunchgrasses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hyponyms
Stipa (clumping grasses) · Melica (clumping grasses) · Muhlenbergia (clumping grasses) · Chionochloa (clumping grasses) · Calamagrostis (clumping grasses) · Festuca (clumping grasses) · Brachypodium (clumping grasses) · Leymus (clumping grasses) · Nassella (clumping grasses) · Heteropogon (clumping grasses) · Deschampsia (clumping grasses)
Synonyms
tussock grass (clumping grasses)