Tumble Grass (Noun)
Meaning
North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The farmer struggled to remove the tumble grass that had overgrown in his fields after a particularly wet season.
- Tumble grass was a common sight along the rural roads and highways of the Great Plains.
- The strong winds blew the tumble grass seeds across the landscape, spreading the weed far and wide.
- In some areas, tumble grass was considered a nuisance, but in others it was a valuable food source for wildlife.
- After the harvest, the fields were left to lie fallow, allowing the tumble grass to grow and replenish the soil.