umbrella grass

English

Noun

umbrella grass (countable and uncountable, plural umbrella grasses)

1. Any of several species of grasses and sedges:
   1. Chloris truncata, a grass, early chloris (Australia), Australian finger grass, star grass, windmill grass.
   2. Digitaria divaricatissima, a grass, spreading umbrella grass, spider-panic.
   3. Many species of the grass genus Enteropogon, such as Enteropogon acicularis.
   4. Cyperus alternifolius, a sedge.
   5. Several species of the sedge genus Fuirena.

Further reading

• umbrella grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “umbrella grass”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.