wheatgrass

/ˌwitˈgræs/

/ˌhwitˈgræs/

Definitions of wheatgrass

1. noun

   a grass of the genus Agropyron
   synonyms: wheat-grass

   types:

   Agropyron cristatum, crested wheat grass, crested wheatgrass, fairway crested wheat grass

   Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control

   Agropyron repens, couch grass, dog grass, quack grass, quackgrass, quick grass, witch grass, witchgrass

   European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed

   Agropyron subsecundum, bearded wheatgrass

   a wheatgrass with straight terminal awns on the flowering glumes

   Agropyron smithii, bluestem wheatgrass, western wheatgrass

   valuable forage grass of western United States

   Agropyron intermedium, Elymus hispidus, intermediate wheatgrass

   Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder

   Agropyron pauciflorum, Agropyron trachycaulum, Elymus trachycaulos, slender wheatgrass

   North American grass cultivated in western United States as excellent forage crop

   type of:

   grass

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