prickly grass

  • 1prickly — [[t]prɪ̱kəli[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is prickly feels rough and uncomfortable, as if it has a lot of prickles. The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp... The grass was prickly and cold. 2) ADJ GRADED Someone… …

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  • 2grass drake — Gorse Gorse, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.] (Bot.) Furze. See {Furze}. [1913 Webster] The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse. Cowper. [1913 Webster] {Gorse bird} (Zo[ o]l.), the European linnet; called… …

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  • 3Cape Grass Lizard — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order …

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  • 4Transvaal Grass Lizard — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Ord …

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  • 5Large-scale Grass Lizard — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia O …

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  • 6spear grass — noun 1. : any of numerous grasses having spear shaped inflorescences or stiff pointed leaves: as a. : couch grass b. : bent 2d c. : meadow grass …

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  • 7bur grass — noun a grass of the genus Cenchrus • Syn: ↑burgrass • Hypernyms: ↑grass • Hyponyms: ↑buffel grass, ↑Cenchrus ciliaris, ↑Pennisetum cenchroides …

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  • 8Indian grass — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… …

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  • 9Toothache grass — Toothache Tooth ache , n. (Med.) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia. [1913 Webster] {Toothache grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Ctenium Americanum}) having a very pungent taste. {Toothache tree}. (Bot.) (a) The prickly ash. (b) A shrub… …

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  • 10prickle grass — noun : a weedy tropical grass (Tragus racemosus) with prickly burs introduced into Texas and Arizona …

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