hair grass

See also: hairgrass

English

Noun

hair grass (uncountable)

1. A grass with very slender leaves or branches, as:
   1. Agrostis scabra, a bunchgrass.
   2. Several species of Aira.
   3. Species of junegrass (Koeleria).
   4. Several species of tussock grass (Deschampsia).

Synonyms

• (Agrostis scabra): rough bent grass, rough bent, ticklegrass, tumbleweed, winter bentgrass

Derived terms

• Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica)
• crested hair grass (Koeleria macrantha)
• glaucous hair grass (Koeleria glauca)
• silver hair grass (Aira caryophyllea)
• silvery hair grass (Aira caryophyllea)
• tufted hair grass (Deschampsia caespitosa)
• water hair grass (Catabrosa aquatica)

References

• Agrostis scabra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Agrostis scabra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Agrostis scabra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Aira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aira on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Koeleria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Koeleria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Koeleria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Deschampsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Deschampsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Deschampsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “hair grass”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.