wire grass

/ˌwaɪər græs/

Other forms: wire grasses

Definitions of wire grass

1. noun

   handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn
   synonyms: Andropogon scoparius, Schizachyrium scoparium, broom beard grass, prairie grass

   type of:

   broom grass

   any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making
2. noun

   coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
   synonyms: Eleusine indica, goose grass, yard grass, yardgrass

   type of:

   millet

   any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine