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GOOSE GRASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
Synonyms:
Eleusine indica; goose grass; wire grass; yard grass; yardgrass
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("goose grass" is a kind of...):
millet (any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine)
Holonyms ("goose grass" is a member of...):
Eleusine; genus Eleusine (annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Annual weedy grass used for hay
Synonyms:
goose grass; Panicum Texanum; Texas millet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("goose grass" is a kind of...):
panic grass (any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia
Synonyms:
goose-tansy; goose grass; Potentilla anserina; silverweed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("goose grass" is a kind of...):
cinquefoil; five-finger (any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
Synonyms:
catchweed; cleavers; clivers; Galium aparine; goose grass; spring cleavers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("goose grass" is a kind of...):
bedstraw (any of several plants of the genus Galium)
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