cut-grass
any grass (esp. Leersia oryzoides) having tiny hooks along the edges of the blades that cause scratches on the human skin
cut-grass
Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural cutgrasses)
- A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
