goose grass

/gus græs/

Definitions of goose grass

1. noun

   low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia
   synonyms: Potentilla anserina, goose-tansy, silverweed

   type of:

   cinquefoil, five-finger

   any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
2. noun

   annual weedy grass used for hay
   synonyms: Panicum Texanum, Texas millet

   type of:

   panic grass

   any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder
3. noun

   coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
   synonyms: Eleusine indica, wire grass, yard grass, yardgrass

   type of:

   millet

   any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
4. noun

   annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
   synonyms: Galium aparine, catchweed, cleavers, clivers, spring cleavers

   type of:

   bedstraw

   any of several plants of the genus Galium