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Definition of Hedgehog grass

Hedgehog grass
Hedgehog Hedge"hog`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europ[ae]us), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S] 3. (Bot.) A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. --Loudon. 4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight. Hedgehog caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), the hairy larv[ae] of several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See Woolly bear, and Isabella moth. Hedgehog fish (Zo["o]l.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus Diodon; the porcupine fish. Hedgehog grass (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass (Cenchrus tribuloides). Hedgehog rat (Zo["o]l.), one of several West Indian rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong to Capromys, Plagiodon, and allied genera. Hedgehog shell (Zo["o]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve shell of the genus Murex. Hedgehog thistle (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family, globular in form, and covered with spines (Echinocactus). Sea hedgehog. See Diodon.

Meaning of Hedgehog grass from wikipedia

- Hedgehogs are primarily nocturnal, with some species also active during the day. Hedgehogs sleep for a large portion of the day under bushes, gr****es...
- Carex flava, called hedgehog gr**** or large yellow sedge, is a widespread species of sedge (genus Carex, family Cyperaceae), native to the northern United...
- caespitosus - bushy hedgehog gr****, tufted hedgehog gr**** - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria Echinopogon cheelii - longflower hedgehog gr**** - New South...
- years, occurring in ****an. Echinochloa is derived from Gr**** and means 'hedgehog-gr****'. Esculenta means ‘fit to eat’, ‘edible [by humans]’, or ‘full of food'...
- The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), also known as the West European hedgehog or common hedgehog, is a hedgehog species native to Europe from Iberia...
- white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus concolor), sometimes referred to as white-bellied hedgehog or white-chested hedgehog, is a hedgehog native to Eastern...
- Echinopogon caespitosus, the bushy hedgehog gr**** or tufted hedgehog gr****, is a species of gr**** native to southeastern Australia. It is often found in...
- Cynosurus echinatus is a species of gr**** known by the common names bristly dogstail gr****, rough dog's-tail and hedgehog dogtail. It is native to southern...
- The Hare and the Hedgehog or The race between the Hare and the Hedgehog (Low Saxon:"Dat Wettlopen twischen den Hasen un den Swinegel up de lütje Heide...
- Britain. Beyond acclimatisation, hedgehogs were introduced to control garden pests such as slugs, snails and gr**** grubs. Throughout much of the 20th...