🌱 A water plant 🌾 A fine grass

hairgrass

7.9

A fine low grass that grows in water in aquariums or ponds

noun
/ˈhɛrˌɡræs/

Specialized

: grama de pelo

She chose hairgrass for her terrarium because of its delicate appearance and easy maintenance.

Examples

I added hairgrass to my aquarium for a natural look.
The hairgrass grows quickly in the pond.
Many aquarists use hairgrass to create a lush green carpet at the bottom of their tanks.
The pond's edge was lined with hairgrass, providing shelter for small fish and insects.
Growing in shallow water, hairgrass provides a beautiful green cover for the bottom of the aquarium.
In our pond, hairgrass thrives, offering shelter for small fish and creating a natural look.
To create a lush habitat, we decided to plant hairgrass along the edges of our terrarium.

Synonyms

hair grass

vshairgrass

7.6

A water plant with fine leaves often grown in aquariums to give oxygen and shelter small fish

serves mainly as low-growing groundcover in ponds and terrariums rather than for aeration

Surface Forms

hairgrass singular

hairgrasses plural

Morphology

hairgrass = hair + grass (transparent) = hair + grass

A straightforward compound: grass characterized by very fine, hair-like leaves; meaning is directly inferable from the components.

Etymology

Hairgrass is a simple combination of hair and grass, meaning grass with very thin, 'hair-like' leaves. That's why aquarists call the low, carpet-like plants in tanks hairgrass, because they look like a soft green hair carpet under water.