cutgrass

English

Leersia hexandra

Wikispecies

Etymology

From cut +‎ grass.

Noun

cutgrass (countable and uncountable, plural cutgrasses)

1. Any of several grass species of Leersia, whose leaves have edges with very small hooked prickles

Derived terms

• giant cutgrass
• rice cutgrass
• southern cutgrass
• Virginian cutgrass

 

References

• “cutgrass”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.