Definition of grass

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Grass (n.) Metaphorically used for what is transitory.

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Green :: Green (n.) A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green..
Close :: Close (v. t.) Short; as, to cut grass or hair close..
Grass :: Grass (v. t.) To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish..
Panicum :: Panicum (n.) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass..
Redtop :: Redtop (n.) A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides..
Squamulate :: Squamula (n.) One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
Tussock :: Tussock (n.) Same as Tussock grass, below..
Whitlow-wort :: Whitlow-wort (n.) Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow..
Strap :: Strap (n.) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses..
Aegilops :: Aegilops (n.) A genus of plants, called also hardgrass..
Eatage :: Eatage (n.) Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath..
Swarded :: Sward (n.) The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.
Sware :: Swardy (a.) Covered with sward or grass.
Cornucopia :: Cornucopia (n.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.
Water Star Grass :: Water star grass () An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms..
Rice :: Rice (n.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed..
Arrow Grass :: Arrow grass (n.) An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads..
Grassation :: Grassation (n.) A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting.
Bunch Grass :: Bunch grass () A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass..
Tore :: Tore (n.) The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
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