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Definition of Spear grass

Spear grass
Spear Spear, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj["o]r, pl., Dan. sp[ae]r, L. sparus.] 1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance. Note: [See Illust. of Spearhead.] ``A sharp ground spear.' --Chaucer. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. --Micah iv. 3. 2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott. 3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. 4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire. 5. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4. 6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse. Spear grass. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under Meadow. Spear hand, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. --Crabb. Spear side, the male line of a family. --Lowell. Spear thistle (Bot.), the common thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus).
spear grass
Poa Po"a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? grass.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see).

Meaning of Spear grass from wikipedia

- Spear gr**** or speargr**** is the common name of numerous herbaceous plants worldwide including: Aciphylla spp. Aristida spp. Heteropogon contortus Imperata...
- Austrostipa stipoides, commonly known as prickly spear-gr**** or coast spear-gr****, is a kind of tussock gr**** native to the coasts of south-eastern Australia...
- around 300 large perennial hermaphroditic gr****es collectively known as feather gr****, needle gr****, and spear gr****. They are placed in the subfamily Pooideae...
- – red fescue Heteropogon contortus – black spear gr**** Hymenachne amplexicaulis – West Indian marsh gr**** Hyparrhenia rufa – jaragua Leersia hexandra...
- gr****es that produce a foxtail are themselves called "foxtail", also "spear gr****". They can become a health hazard for dogs, cats, and other domestic...
- Alchornea glandulosa), lesser spear gr****, Mackie's pest, pilipiliula, and grama-amorosa (Brazilian Portuguese). The gr**** is widely considered an invasive...
- plant in the gr**** family Poaceae, known by the common names spear gr****, needle gr****, and silver spike gr****. It is an ornamental gr**** native to the...
- "cogon gr****"), from Spanish cogón, from the Tagalog and Visayan kugon. Other common names in English include kunai gr****, blady gr****, satintail, spear gr****...
- chebulic myrobalan. Gr****es commonly seen here include bangala or bluestem gr**** sp., dongari or golden beard gr**** (fulvus), black spear gr****, kalikusli or...
- the soil. The species is known as giant spear gr****, and is closely related to the more common black spear gr****, with which it is commonly ****ociated in...