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lyme grass

Other forms: lyme grasses

Definitions of lyme grass
  1. noun
    a grass of the genus Elymus
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    types:
    Elymus condensatus, Leymus condensatus, giant ryegrass
    stout perennial grass of western North America
    Elymus arenarius, European dune grass, Leymus arenaria, sea lyme grass
    a dune grass of the Pacific seacoast used as a sand binder
    type of:
    grass
    narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
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