wheatgrass
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈwiːtˌɡræs/
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pastos de trigo
- After yoga, I often enjoy a refreshing shot of wheatgrass juice for its health benefits.
- western wheatgrass
Examples
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Put some peanut butter in your wheatgrass shot.
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We do serve shots of wheatgrass.
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How about a shot of wheatgrass juice?
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You got a shot of wheatgrass?
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Listen, in the land of wheatgrass juice, polyunsaturated fat is poison.
Fiction book (1990) -
Shot of wheatgrass, Sam.
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They didn't need any wheatgrass juice at all.
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Might I recommend a carrot, apple, and pineapple blend—with a wheatgrass shot mixed in?
Blog text (19) -
According to West, the key to keeping the bison healthy is to maintain the native prairie of rough fescue, bluebunch wheatgrass, and Idaho fescue grasses.
Academic text (1994) -
To the east, though, lies arid steppe, the sage lands of the mythic American West, a country of Republicans, wheatgrass, and rattlesnakes vaguely reminiscent of West Texas.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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5.1
A green grass grown for health drinks, animal food, and to stop soil erosion
Compounds
- Specialized
A grass like wheat that has straight bristles on its flower parts
- Specialized
A grass from the western United States that animals eat and that helps protect soil
- Specialized
A grass from Europe and Asia that farmers plant for animal feed and to stop soil erosion
- Specialized
A grass from Asia grown for animal feed and to protect soil and sometimes used as a grain crop
- Specialized
A grass from North America grown in the western United States for animal feed
A grass that lives many years in western North America and that farm animals eat
How Green
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wheatgrass is simply the two words wheat and grass, meaning the 'young green shoots' of the wheat plant. That's why wheatgrass refers to those green shoots people juice or dry into powder for health.