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alt. 1 Any of various grasses, sometimes used as food for goose, principally in genus ''Eleusine''. 2 A common name for several grasses, sedges, and annual herbs. n. 1 Any of various grasses, sometimes used as food for goose, principally in genus ''Eleusine''. 2 A common name for several grasses, sedges, and annual herbs.
Wikipedia
Goosegrass (sometimes Goose grass) is a common name for several grasses, sedges, and annual herbs. The origin of the name is due either to a plant's use as food for geese or plant parts that look like a goose's foot.
Goosegrass may refer to:
- Acrachne, genus of grass
- Carex eleusinoides, goosegrass sedge
- Carex lenticularis, goosegrass sedge
- Eleusine, genus of grass
- Eleusine indica, Indian goosegrass, also called wiregrass
- Galium aparine, also referred to as "cleavers"
- Galium murale, small goosegrass
- Puccinellia fasciculata, saltmarsh goosegrass
Plants named Goosegrass
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Usage examples of "goosegrass".
Of the fifteen British representatives of the tribe Stellatae, eleven bear the name of Galium (the genus of the Bedstraws), and perhaps the commonest of these is the annual herb Galium aparine, familiarly known as Clivers or Goosegrass, though it rejoices in many other popular names in different parts of the country.