Wire Grass (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Prairie Grass
• Schizachyrium Scoparium
• Andropogon Scoparius
• Broom Beard Grass

Hypernyms

• Broom Grass

Meaning ²

Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

• The lawn was overgrown with wiregrass and needed to be mowed urgently.
• Wiregrass grew rapidly in the fields, outcompeting other vegetation.
• In many areas, wiregrass has become a significant invasive species, altering native ecosystems.
• After a dry spell, the wiregrass began to wither and turn golden brown.
• Farmer Brown struggled to eradicate wiregrass from his newly plowed land.

Synonyms

• Goose Grass
• Yard Grass
• Yardgrass
• Eleusine Indica

Hypernyms

• Millet