speargrass

speargrass

See also: spear grass

English

Alternative forms

• spear grass

Etymology

spear +‎ grass

Noun

speargrass (countable and uncountable, plural speargrasses)

1. Any of several, unrelated grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear.
   1. Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)
   2. Heteropogon contortus (tanglehead)
   3. Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
   4. Species of Poa (bluegrass etc)
   5. Species of Stipa (feathergrass), typically Stipa calamagrostis
2. Species of Aciphylla (Spaniard grass)

Hyponyms

• (H. contortus): black speargrass

Translations

(Aciphylla) grass with sharp points

Maori: kurikuri, karamea, taramea