bent grass

/bɛnt græs/

Other forms: bent grasses

Definitions of bent grass

1. noun

   grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
   synonyms: bent, bent-grass

   types:

   Agrostis canina, Rhode Island bent, brown bent, dog bent, velvet bent, velvet bent grass

   common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves

   Agrostis nebulosa, cloud grass

   Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets

   Agrostis palustris, creeping bent, creeping bentgrass

   common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners

   type of:

   grass

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