arrow grass
- noun
- Specialized
:
hierba flecha
- Farmers warn that arrow grass can poison livestock if ingested.
Examples
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The marsh was thick with arrow grass and other aquatic plants.
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Farmers warn that arrow grass can be dangerous to grazing animals.
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We studied the ecology of arrow grass during the field trip.
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The arrow grass grows abundantly near the pond.
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Farmers should be cautious of arrow grass in their fields.
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The wetlands are covered with arrow grass and various other water plants.
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The arrow grass found in the marsh provides habitat for many aquatic species.
Synonyms
A plant that grows in clumps in salt marshes and can poison farm animals
Surface Forms
Morphology
arrow + grass
The compound 'arrow grass' is compositionally a type of grass related to or resembling an 'arrow', so a learner who knows 'arrow' and 'grass' can infer it denotes a kind of plant. This noun+noun pattern for plant names is cross-linguistically common and thus broadly transparent, although finer details (habitat or toxicity) would not be fully predictable.
Etymology
Arrow grass gets its name from its long, narrow leaves that look like small arrows on a kind of grass that grows in marshes, and some kinds can 'poison' farm animals, which is why farmers warn about it.
