Grass

Description

Any of over 9000 species of grass. Grass is a perennial plant with long, cylindrical leaves that have been used for making paper, ropes, baskets, and fabric. For examples see: arundo donax, bear grass, cuscus grass, eelgrass, elephant grass, elk grass, esparto grass, grass cloth, horsetail, papyrus, ramie, reed, sedge, silk grass, and sorghum.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Gras (Deut.); gazon (Fr.); gräs (Sven.)

Other Properties

For paper fiber characteristics see: esparto grass, bamboo, ramie, and straw.

Additional Images

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  Several types of grasses

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  Grass

Authority

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass (Accessed Nov. 2, 2005)

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998