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goose grass

goose grass

7.9
A coarse annual grass often found as a weed in fields and gardens
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • You can identify goose grass by its distinctive fingerlike flower spikes and rough leaves.

Examples

  • The fields behind the house were overrun with goose grass during the summer months.

  • Farmers often consider goose grass a nuisance.

  • Gardeners often struggle to control invasive goose grass in their lawns and flowerbeds.

  • The field was covered in goose grass.

  • Gardeners often struggle to control invasive goose grass in their lawns and flowerbeds.

  • Farmers often consider goose grass a nuisance due to its aggressive growth.

  • The fields behind the house were overrun with goose grass during the summer months.

Synonyms

Eleusine indica
vsgoose grass
  • Specialized
9.9

A rough annual grass with fingerlike seed heads that often grows as a weed

is a general name for similar coarse annuals used for hay or feed
hairy finger grass
vsgoose grass
  • UK
9.6

A grass from Europe grown for hay and often a weed in fields

is a broader term for similar coarse annuals not limited to hay
Panicum texanum
vsgoose grass
  • Specialized
9.8

A wild grass that grows in the southern United States and is often cut for hay

is a general name for coarse annuals found in many regions, not only southern
Texas millet
vsgoose grass
  • US
9.1

An annual grass grown for hay in the southern United States

is a general term for similar coarse annuals beyond that specific regional use
yard grass
vsgoose grass
6.8

A rough grass that grows as a common yard weed with thin flower spikes

is a broader name for coarse annuals sometimes used for hay or feed
wire grass
vsgoose grass
  • Australian
8.2

A coarse one-year grass that has long thin flower spikes and often grows as a weed

is a general label for similar coarse annuals often serving as feed or weeds
witchgrass
vsgoose grass
  • UK
9.8

A wild grass that grows in fields and along roads and spreads quickly

is a clearer term for coarse annuals often used for hay or animal feed

Surface Forms

goose grass singular
goose grasses plural

Morphology

goose + grass

The compound 'goose grass' is a straightforward noun+noun composition: 'grass' identifies the plant category and 'goose' functions as a modifier, so a learner who knows both words will reasonably infer it denotes a type of grass or plant associated with geese or resembling something goose-related. Specific botanical details (e.g. silvery leaf undersides) are not predictable from the parts, but the basic referent as a kind of plant is transparently derivable.

Etymology

Goose grass may come from old farms where geese ate this rough plant. People named it for the geese, so today the term often means a common 'weed' or grass used for animal feed.