short-grass

1. 1.

   any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains

   Synonymsshortgrass

   Broadergrass

Questions about short-grass

What does short-grass mean?

short-grass means "any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains".

How many syllables are in short-grass?

short-grass has 2 syllables and divides as short--grass under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for short-grass?

Close synonyms include shortgrass. 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.