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🌱 Not grass family 🌿 A non-grass plant
nongrass

nongrass

6.3
Not a grass, for example a wildflower or shrub
  • adjective
  • US
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  • Wildflowers and other nongrass plants added color to the meadow.

Examples

  • The restoration project focused on reintroducing native nongrass vegetation to the area.

  • The botanist identified several nongrass species growing alongside the wheat.

  • Look at that beautiful nongrass flower!

  • The garden is full of nongrass species.

  • The restoration project focused on reintroducing native nongrass vegetation to the area.

  • Wildflowers and other nongrass plants added color to the meadow.

  • The botanist identified several nongrass species growing alongside the wheat.

How Grassy

lush
51 3.7
grassy
34 1.0
nongrass
  • US
6.3
barren
57 4.6

Surface Forms

nongrass positive

Morphology

nongrass = grass (transparent) = non + grass

Meaning is the straightforward negation 'non-' + 'grass', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Nongrass breaks into the parts non- 'not' and grass, so it literally means 'not grass'. That's why it is an adjective used for plants or species that are not part of the grass family.