wheat-grass

1 5.1

A green grass grown for health drinks, animal food, and to stop soil erosion

noun
/ˈwiːtˌɡræs/

Specialized

: hierba de trigo

So you have this huge meal of wheat grass and kale and cucumbers and avocados and bean sprouts and herbs and and dried fruit and celery.

I'm talking about being a sproutarian and a fruitarian and, you know, doing wheat grass shots when I used to do shots of Jaeger and, and you know what other shots?

Examples

I Uber Eats turmeric, wheat grass, ginger shot and a song from shout out juice habit.
I'm talking about being a sproutarian and a fruitarian and, you know, doing wheat grass shots when I used to do shots of Jaeger and, and you know what other shots?

Rich Roll
Where else can you get super foods like chlorella, moringa, Purlina, wheat grass, ashwagandha, and tuber just to name a few?

Synonyms

wheatgrass

vswheat-grass

9 5.3

Young green shoots of the wheat plant used in juice or powder

is a perennial grass grown for animal forage and to stabilize soil

genus Agropyron

vswheat-grass

Specialized

9.5

A group of grasses like wheatgrass that live for several years in cool regions

is a single perennial grass from that group grown for forage and soil stabilization

Agropyron

vswheat-grass

Specialized

9.9

A group of grasses like wheatgrass that live for many years and grow in cool regions

is a specific perennial grass in that genus grown for forage and soil stabilization

Surface Forms

wheat-grass singular

wheat-grasses plural

Morphology

wheat-grass = wheat + grass (transparent) = wheat + grass

The compound combines two clear noun elements 'wheat' + 'grass' to denote a grass associated with or resembling wheat, which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Wheat-grass comes from the two simple words wheat and grass, because the plant looks like young wheat or is related to wheat. So wheat-grass today means a grassy plant used for animal feed, to protect soil, or as the green shoots put into health drinks.