love grass

noun

: any of a genus (Eragrostis) of grasses that resemble the bluegrasses but have flattened spikelets and deciduous lemmas

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web 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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Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of love grass was in 1702

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“Love grass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love%20grass. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.

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