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grass

  • noun
  • gräs

Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.

Other meanings

  1. Any of the various plants that are not in the family Poaceae that resemble grasses.

  2. The outside world, especially in the phrase "touch grass".

Example sentences

  • “In other news, grass is green.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “Why do dogs eat grass?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "græs".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “grass” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.