dropseed
9.9
A grass with small seeds that fall easily when ripe
- noun
- /ˈdrɒpˌsiːd/
- Specialized
:
semilla de Sporobolus
- In my landscaping project, I decided to use dropseed because of its drought resistance.
- prairie dropseed
- sand dropseed
Examples
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The garden is filled with beautiful dropseed grass, which has delicate seeds that fall easily.
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I was pleased to find a nicely sized pot of prairie dropseed grass that I fought hard to split into two to plant.
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I love watching the tiny seeds of dropseed scatter in the wind during late summer.
Synonyms
9.4
A grass with very small seeds that fall off easily
has identical meaning but is written without a hyphen
9.9
A group of grasses found worldwide, often called dropseed or rush grass
is a common name for individual species rather than the whole genus
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dropseed comes from the plain English parts drop and seed, where drop means 'to fall'. It names grasses whose small seeds fall or 'drop' easily when they are ripe, so the name tells you how the plant spreads its seeds.
