The Collaborative International Dictionary
Razor \Ra"zor\ (r[=a]"z[~e]r), n. [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.]
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head; also called a straight razor. ``Take thee a barber's razor.''
--Ezek. v. 1.a device used for shaving, having a replaceable blade with a very sharp edge; also called safety razor. Also a similar device, made of plastic, in which the blade is neither replaceable nor can be sharpened, intended to be discarded after the blade dulls -- called a disposable razor.
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(Zo["o]l.) A tusk of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zo["o]l.)
A small Mediterranean fish ( Coryph[ae]na novacula), prized for the table.
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The razor shell.
Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant ( Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth.
Razor grinder (Zo["o]l.), the European goat-sucker.
Razor shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen ensis (or Ensatella ensis), and Solen Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also razor clam, razor fish, knife handle.
Razor stone. Same as Novaculite.
Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.
Wiktionary
n. A West Indian plant, ''Scleria scindens'', whose leaves and triangular stem are edged with minute sharp teeth.
Usage examples of "razor grass".
A hundred paces directly ahead, the dense palisade of iron-grey thorn blocked the valley, but the ground between was fairly open, with a few stunted second-growth mopani bushes and clumps of coarse dried razor grass as high as a man's shoulder.
Maybe she had gotten this far completely undetected, and faced no immediate danger worse than getting cut by the razor grass.
He took it for walks across damp fields of razor grass and along the rutted lanes between the cane fields, anxious to feed it with grass of many sorts and unable to understand why the calf resented being led from one place to another.
A couple of skinny little boys were playing on the patch of razor grass that fronted the health centre entrance.