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meadowgrass

meadowgrass \meadowgrass\, meadow grass \meadow grass\n. Any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture, especially those of the genus Poa, common in meadows, and of great value for hay and for pasture. See Grass.

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meadowgrass

n. any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture [syn: meadow grass]

Usage examples of "meadowgrass".

He slithered, braced against the advancing sphere, across a mulch of crushed weeds and meadowgrass, until, his heel catching in soft earth, he could not slide.

It skipped a few feet and then dug into the thatch of the meadowgrass, cut through it like a hot knife through butter, then raced forward, Verily hanging on for dear life, running and twisting to keep up with it.

With the vigils swarming around me, dancing through the tufts of flaming meadowgrass, I wove about her, conserving my strength for the moment I hoped would arrive when she would be between me and the river instead of the other way around.

Ofelia noticed that the sheep were ignoring the din, nibbling placidly at the meadowgrass nearby.

The air was scented with green meadowgrass and purple jonquils, while patches of honeysuckle swarmed with the buzz of bees.

Even as I watched, the meadow changed and became a sea: the slow-waving meadowgrass became billowing waves and the pale flowers flecks of foam scattered over a rising swell.

After teaching the puppies to climb stairs she found she was more comfortable on the ground floor after all, unrolling a mattress in their pen which, now that they were old enough to understand about such things, always smelled clean and sweet with the dry meadowgrass the scrubbers bedded it with.

As for the huge saurians they rode, the poor reptiles scarcely had time to gulp down a few mouthfuls of meadowgrass before mentally commanded to continue the journey.

Of meadowgrass and riverflags, the bulrush and waterweed, and of fallen griefs of weeping willow.