love grass
noun
: any of a genus (Eragrostis) of grasses that resemble the bluegrasses but have flattened spikelets and deciduous lemmas
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He's bred to love grass.
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Star Tribune, 8 June 2021
In dunes, bogs, and heathlands, home to species adapted to a lack of nitrogen, plant diversity has decreased as nitrogen-loving grasses, shrubs, and trees move in.
—Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 4 Dec. 2019
Pennsylvania sedge and purple love grass work great.
—David Walters, The Cut, 24 Oct. 2017
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Star Tribune, 8 June 2021
In dunes, bogs, and heathlands, home to species adapted to a lack of nitrogen, plant diversity has decreased as nitrogen-loving grasses, shrubs, and trees move in.
—Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 4 Dec. 2019
Pennsylvania sedge and purple love grass work great.
—David Walters, The Cut, 24 Oct. 2017
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“Love grass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love%20grass. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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