grasses
Cereal crop family
Grasses is the plural of grass, referring to multiple types or instances of the narrow-leaved plants that form lawns, prairies, and meadows.
The grass family includes cereals like wheat, rice, and corn, making grasses among the most economically important plants on Earth.
In slang, grasses can also be the plural of grass meaning an informant—someone who "grasses" on others to authorities.
The native grasses returned after the wildfire.
Several grasses thrive in poor soil.
Grass-covered earth surface
- mowingTrimming grass short
- sodGrass-bound topsoil section
- lawnmowerMachine that trims grass
- manicureCosmetic fingertip grooming
fertilizer · sprinkler · weedkiller · clippings · edging · seed · watering · dethatching
Tall woody grass
- sugarcaneSucrose-yielding tropical grass
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- riceStaple cereal grain
- cornCereal grown on cobs
barley · oats · rye · millet · sorghum · fescue · timothy · ryegrass
Tropical grassland, sparse trees
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- pampasSouth American treeless plains
- veldAfrican open grassland
plain · tallgrass · shortgrass · bluestem · switchgrass · buffalograss · cordgrass · tussock
Feeding on pasture
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
horses · meadow · paddock · herbage · forage · grazier · pastoralism · rangeland
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- photosynthesisLight-to-sugar conversion in plants
- herbivorePlant-only consumer
fauna · flora · biome · carbon sequestration · soil erosion · groundcover · perennial · annual
turf
Grass-covered earth surface
manicure · fertilizer · sprinkler · weedkiller · clippings · edging · seed · watering · dethatching · aeration
bamboo
Tall woody grass
corn · barley · oats · rye · millet · sorghum · fescue · timothy · ryegrass · switchgrass
savanna
Tropical grassland, sparse trees
veld · plain · tallgrass · shortgrass · bluestem · switchgrass · buffalograss · cordgrass · tussock · wildflowers
silage
Fermented crop fodder
bale · dried · harvest · grain · barley · oats · sorghum · millet · nutrition · timothy
grazing
Feeding on pasture
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
goats · horses · meadow · paddock · herbage · forage · grazier · pastoralism · rangeland · dairy
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- photosynthesisLight-to-sugar conversion in plants
herbivore · fauna · flora · biome · carbon sequestration · soil erosion · groundcover · perennial · annual · native
- floraleaves, petals, stems, buds, branches
- foragefodder, hay, silage, browse, forage
- grasslandsprairie, steppe, savanna, pampas, veld
- marshessalt marsh, sedge, cattails, reeds, freshwater marsh
- alpine meadowswildflower fields, wildflower bloom, buttercups, columbines, lupines
- botanybotany, plants, plant biology, plant, plant anatomy
- green grassEmerald-colored lawn covering
- grass stainsChlorophyll marks on fabric
- grassroots campaignCitizen-led political effort
- wet grassMoisture-covered lawn
- snake in the grassSecretly treacherous person
- blade of grassSingle turf leaf
grass, grassy, grassland, grasshopper, grasslands, grassed, lemongrass, grassroots, grassing