reed grass

/rid græs/

Other forms: reed grasses

Definitions of reed grass

1. noun

   any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
   types:

   Calamagrostis acutiflora, feather reed grass, feathertop

   a variety of reed grass

   Australian reed grass, Calamagrostic quadriseta

   tall Australian reedlike grass sometimes used for hay

   type of:

   grass

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