Grass (disambiguation)
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- In popular jargon grass means a short, green, ground covering or lawn, usually, but not necessarily, comprised of a "true grass" or grasses, called turf. See also pasture.
- In BOTANY, grass refers to plants of the Family Poaceae. These are the true grasses.
Plants that are not true grasses include:
- China grass or remie or rhea (Boehmeria nivea), a nettle grown for bast fibers from the Family Urticaceae
- Ditch grass or Widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima) in the Family Ruppiaceae
- Fish grass (Cabomba caroliniana)
- Mondo grass or lily turf (Ophiopogon japonicus), an Asian ornamental ground cover
- Nut grass, a common lawn pest (Cyperus rotundus) in the Family Cyperaceae
- Pepper grasses (Lipidium spp.) in the Family Brassicaceae
- Saw grass, abundant in sub-tropical marshlands (Cladium spp.) in the Family Cyperaceae
- Scurvy grass (Oxalis enneaphylla) from the Family Oxalidaceae
- Seagrasses, including Eel grass
- Sleeping grass (Mimosa pudica) a legume (Family Fabaceae) and lawn pest
- Xyridaceae, known as the yellow-eyed grass family - Grass is slang for marijuana.
- GRASS for "GRAphics Symbiosis System" is a computer programming language
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