goat grass

1. 1.

   European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock

   SynonymsAegilops triuncalis

   Broadergrass

   Part ofAegilops

Questions about goat grass

What does goat grass mean?

goat grass means "European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock".

What is another word for goat grass?

Close synonyms include Aegilops triuncalis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is goat grass a common word?

goat grass is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.