bristlegrass

Definitions of bristlegrass
  1. noun
    grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet
    synonyms: bristle grass
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    type of:
    foxtail, foxtail grass
    grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
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