Any of various grasses in many different genera that grow in clumplike fashion rather than forming a sod or mat.
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Gardener's Dictionary:
bunchgrass
A grass that forms compact clumps and does not spread by stolons or rhizomes. Desirable ornamental grasses are often bunchgrasses. Also called clumping grass.
WordNet:
bunch grass
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
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
Synonym: bunchgrass
Wikipedia:
bunch grass
Also commonly called tussock grass, bunch grasses are any grass that grows in clumps or tufts, rather than forming a sod or mat. As perennial plants, they live more than one season. With long roots that may reach two metres into the soil, bunch grasses can find water where other plants wither.
Bunch grasses occur in almost any habitat where grasses are found including deserts, wetlands, savannas, forests and tundra.
External links
- santacruzsentinel.com Perennial bunch grass once dominated the landscape
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 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Gardener's Dictionary. Taylor's Dictionary for Gardeners, by Frances Tenenbaum. Copyright © 1997 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bunch grass". Read more |
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