Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
aftergrass | the grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath. |
alang | (Malay) a coarse grass of the Malay peninsula. |
alfa | (Arabic) a N. African esparto grass. |
alfalfa | (Arabic) a kind of cereal grass. |
amelcorn | (Ger.) a variety of wheat from which starch is produced. |
arrowgrass | a grass of a genus of marsh plants whose burst capsule is like an arrowhead. |
bajra | (Hindi) in the Indian subcontinent, pearl millet or a similar grain. |
bajree | (Hindi) in the Indian subcontinent, pearl millet or a similar grain. |
bajri | (Hindi) in the Indian subcontinent, pearl millet or a similar grain. |
bamboo | (Malay) a tropical grass. |
barley | a cereal grass. |
bennet | a dry grass stalk. |
bent | a stiff wiry grass. |
bentgrass | a variety of grass. |
benty | like bent, a stiff, wiry grass. |
bere | barley, esp the six-rowed barley. |
bigg | four-rowed barley. |
blady | as in blady grass, a coarse Australian grass. |
bluestem | a kind of prairie grass. |
brome | a kind of grass, resembling oats. |
bromegrass | a kind of grass resembling oats. |
broomcorn | a kind of millet of whose stalks brooms are made. |
buffel | as in buffel grass, grass used for pasture in Africa etc. No -S. |
bullrush | an aquatic plant, reed-mace. |
bulrush | an aquatic plant, reed-mace. |
bunchgrass | a kind of W. American grass, that grows in clumps. |
cannach | (Scots) a cotton-grass. |
carex | (Lat.) a genus of plants, the sedges. |
chufa | (Spanish) a sedgelike plant producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean. |
clubrush | any sedge of the genus Scirpus. |
cocksfoot | a type of grass. |
cogon | a kind of fast-growing Asian grass. |
cordgrass | a grass of the genus Spartina found in salt-marshes. |
crabgrass | a type of grass. |
cutgrass | a kind of swamp grass. |
danthonia | a tufted grass native to Australia and New Zealand. |
dari | (Arabic) Indian millet. |
darnel | a species of ryegrass. |
deergrass | a type of grass. |
dhoora | (Arabic) Indian millet. |
dhourra | (Arabic) Indian millet. |
dhurra | (Arabic) Indian millet. |
diss | an Algerian grass; (verb) to disrespect. |
dogstail | a grass with spiky flowerheads. |
dogtail | a grass with spiky flowerheads. |
doob | (Hindi) dog's tooth grass, prized as food for cattle. |
doura | (Arabic) Indian millet. |
dourah | (Arabic) Indian millet. |
dropseed | a type of grass. |
dura | (Arabic) Indian millet. |
durr | (Arabic) Indian millet. |
durra | (Arabic) Indian millet. |
durum | (Lat.) a strain of wheat, aka macaroni wheat. |
einkorn | (Ger.) a variety of wheat. |
emmer | (Ger.) a primitive strain of wheat. |
eriophorum | a plant of the cotton-grass genus. |
esparto | (Spanish) a tough, wiry grass, providing a fiber used for paper and cordage. |
fescue | any of various perennial freq. wiry and tufted grasses constituting the genus Festuca. |
feterita | (Spanish) a cereal grass. |
fiorin | (Irish) a species of creeping bent grass. |
foggage | (Scots) a grass that grows after the hay is cut. |
forb | (Greek) any herb that does not resemble grass. |
galleta | (Spanish) a perennial grass. |
gama | (Spanish) a kind of pasture grass found in the Western United States. |
glebous | (Arch.) cloddy, turfy. |
glyceria | an aquatic grass. |
grama | (Spanish) a kind of pasture grass found in the Western United States. |
gramma | (Spanish) a kind of pasture grass found in the Western United States. |
grassily | (Adv.) GRASSY, of or like grass. |
grassless | destitute of grass. |
grasslike | like grass. |
grasswrack | eelgrass. |
grassy | of or like grass. |
halfa | (Arabic) a N. African esparto grass. |
hardgrass | cocksfoot or other coarse grass. |
hardinggrass | a perennial forage grass of the US. |
harestail | a species of cotton grass. |
hayey | like hay. |
haylage | a type of hay. |
herbage | herbs collectively. |
herbaged | covered with grass. |
jawari | (Hindi) Indian millet, aka durra. |
johnsongrass | a tall perennial sorghum widely used as forage. |
jowar | (Hindi) Indian millet, aka durra. |
jowari | (Hindi) Indian millet, aka durra. |
kans | (Hindi) an Indian grass related to sugarcane. |
kikuyu | (Bantu) an African grass. |
lalang | (Malay) a coarse grass of the Malay archipelago. |
lemongrass | a fragrant perennial grass. |
lolium | (Lat.) any plant of the Lolium genus of grasses. |
lopgrass | soft brome-grass. |
maize | an American cereal grass. |
marram | (ON) a seaside grass. |
marrum | (ON) a seaside grass. |
mashlam | a mixed grain, esp rye and wheat. |
mashlim | a mixed grain, esp rye and wheat. |
mashlin | a mixed grain, esp rye and wheat. |
mashloch | a mixed grain, esp rye and wheat. |
mashlum | (Scots) a mixed grain, esp rye and wheat. |
maslin | a mixed grain, esp rye and wheat. |
matgrass | a small rushlike moorland grass. |
matweed | a name of several maritime grasses. |
melic | a type of perennial grass. |
melick | a type of perennial grass. |
miliary | like or concerning millet seeds. |
millet | a cereal grass. |
milo | a drought-resistant variety of sorghum. |
miscanthus | any of several hardy, ornamental, perennial grasses. |
muhly | a perennial grass. |
nassella | as in nassella tussock, a type of tussock grass. No -S. |
nutgrass | any of various American sedges. |
nutsedge | any of various American sedges. |
oat | a kind of grass, the seeds of which are used as food. |
oatlike | resembling oats. |
panic | frantic or sudden fright (verb) to be thrown into panic |
panick | any grass of the genus Panicum. |
panicum | (Lat.) any grass of the genus Panicum. |
pannick | any grass of the genus Panicum. |
paspalum | any plant of the tropical genus Paspalum of pasture grasses, eg pampas-grass. |
pilcorn | the naked oat, a variety in which the glume does not adhere to the grain. |
poa | a meadow-grass plant. |
proso | (Russian) a variety of millet. |
quitch | a perennial grass; (verb, Spenser) to stir, move. |
ragee | (Hindi) a kind of millet. |
raggee | (Hindi) a kind of millet. |
raggy | ragged, rough (noun, Hindi) a kind of millet |
ragi | (Hindi) a kind of millet. |
raupo | (Maori) the New Zealand bulrush. |
raygrass | a pasture and fodder type of grass. |
redtop | a kind of grass highly valued in the US for pasturage and hay for cattle. |
reed | a tall stiff hard-culmed marsh or water grass of various kinds (verb) to fasten or thatch with reed |
rhy | (Spenser) rye. |
ricegrass | any of several barnyard grasses, esp. shama millet. |
roosa | (Hindi) a kind of E. Indian grass from which an aromatic oil is distilled. |
rotgrass | soft grass, butterwort, pennywort or other plant reputed to cause sheep-rot. |
rusa | (Hindi) a kind of E. Indian grass from which an aromatic oil is distilled. |
rye | a cereal grass. |
ryeflour | a pasture and fodder type of grass. |
ryegrass | a pasture and fodder type of grass. |
sacahuista | (Nahuatl) a bear grass that may cause poisoning in livestock. |
sacahuiste | (Nahuatl) a bear grass that may cause poisoning in livestock. |
sacaton | (Spanish) a type of coarse perennial grass growing in alkaline regions of the southern US. |
saccharum | a genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane. |
sarrasin | (Fr.) buckwheat. |
sarrazin | (Fr.) buckwheat. |
sawgrass | a sedge with serrated leaves, growing in coastal areas of the southeastern US. |
seagrass | a grasslike plant living in or close to the sea. |
sedge | a plant like a grass but with solid stem. |
sedged | made or composed of sedge. |
sedgy | abounding in sedge. |
sorgho | (Fr.) Indian millet and its varieties. |
sorghum | a genus of grasses related to sugarcane, and including durra and Kaffir corn. |
sorgo | (Fr.) Indian millet and its varieties. |
spartina | a type of grass growing in salt marshes. |
spelt | a hardy wheat, aka emmer. |
speltz | a hardy wheat, aka emmer. |
spinifex | (Lat.) a sharp-pointed Australian grass. |
squitch | quitch grass. |
stipa | (Lat.) any grass of the feather grass genus Stipa. |
strae | (Scots) straw. |
sugarcane | a tall woody grass of tropical and semitropical regions, yielding sugar. |
sward | a portion of land covered with grass (verb) to cover with grass |
swardy | covered with sward or grass. |
switchgrass | a panic grass of the western US that is used for hay. |
tallgrass | long grass in a N. American prairie. |
taramea | (Maori) a variety of New Zealand speargrass. |
tef | (Amharic) an Ethiopian cereal grass. |
teff | (Amharic) an Ethiopian cereal grass. |
teosinte | (Nahuatl} a Mexican grass grown as fodder, allied to maize but with several stems from the base. |
terf | (Milton) turf. |
terfe | (Milton) turf. |
timothy | a kind of grass. |
toadgrass | a kind of low rush. |
toadrush | a kind of low rush. |
toetoe | (Maori) a tall reedlike grass of New Zealand. |
toitoi | (Maori) a tall reedlike grass of New Zealand. |
trigo | a kind of wheat. |
triticale | a hybrid of wheat and rye. |
triticum | (Lat.) a genus of grasses including the various species of wheat. |
turfgrass | grass grown for lawns. |
turfiness | the state of being turfy. |
tussac | as in tussac grass, a kind of grass. No -S. |
vetiver | (Tamil) an E. Indian grass; also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. |
whangee | (Chinese) a kind of grass related to the bamboo; a cane made from the stem of this. |
wheat | any cereal grass of the genus Triticum. |
wiregrass | a variety of fine grass. |
witchgrass | a N. American grass common on cultivated land. |
woodrush | a kind of rush. |
zacaton | (Spanish) a type of coarse perennial grass growing in alkaline regions of the southern US. |
zea | part of a cereal plant, once used as a diuretic. |
zizania | (Greek) a genus of grasses including Indian rice. |
zoysia | a kind of perennial grass. |