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ricegrass

noun

any grass of the genus Oryzopsis

• Syn: ↑rice grass

• Hypernyms: ↑cereal, ↑cereal grass

• Hyponyms:

↑mountain rice, ↑silkgrass, ↑silk grass, ↑Indian millet, ↑Oryzopsis hymenoides, ↑smilo, ↑smilo grass, ↑Oryzopsis miliacea

• Member Holonyms: ↑Oryzopsis, ↑genus Oryzopsis

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

1. : a stoloniferous marsh grass (Leersia hexandra) of tropical America cultivated (as in the Philippines and southern Africa) for green forage

2. : a European spartina (Spartina townsendi) used as a fodder and soil-binding plant

3. : any of several grasses of the genus Oryzopsis (especially O. oryzoides)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.