noun
- any of various plants of the grass family that are usually used for food, fodder, or grazing and as lawns
- any grasslike plant of various families having similar uses
- ground covered with grass; pasture land or lawn
Origin:
from the visual resemblance to blades of grass
horizontal lines of clutter on a radarscope caused by electronic noise signals- ☆ Slang marijuana
Origin:
short for grasshopper, rhyming slang for copper
Brit., Slang an informer; stool pigeon
Origin:
ME gras < OE gærs, græs, akin to Ger gras < IE *ghrō-, grow
adjective
designating a family (Poaceae, order Cyperales) of monocotyledonous plants with long, narrow leaves, jointed stems, flowers in spikelets, and seedlike fruit, including wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, sugar cane, bamboo, sorghum, and bluegrass