Bunchgrass (Noun)
Meaning
Any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The rancher carefully seeded the barren field with a mix of native bunchgrass to help prevent erosion.
- After the wildfire, workers replanted the affected area with a resilient species of bunchgrass.
- Bunchgrass grew sporadically in the dry, scrubby landscape, struggling to find enough moisture.
- In the Great Basin, bunchgrass prairies stretched as far as the eye could see.
- Cattle grazed contentedly on the sweet shoots of bunchgrass that sprouted up after the spring rains.