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PRONUNCIATION OF BARBED-WIRE GRASS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARBED-WIRE GRASS

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Barbed-Wire grass is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BARBED-WIRE GRASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

barbed-wire grass

Cymbopogon

Cymbopogon, commonly known as lemongrass is a genus of about 45 species of grasses, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World and Oceania. It is a tall perennial grass. Common names include lemon grass, lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, citronella grass, cha de Dartigalongue, fever grass, tanglad, hierba Luisa, or gavati chaha, amongst many others.

Definition of barbed-wire grass in the English dictionary

The definition of barbed-wire grass in the dictionary is an aromatic grass, Cymbopogon refractus, with groups of seed heads resembling barbed wire.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARBED-WIRE GRASS

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Barbera
barberries
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WORDS THAT END LIKE BARBED-WIRE GRASS

beargrass
bent grass
Bermuda grass
bluegrass
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cutting grass
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grass
Greengrass
Kentucky bluegrass
lemon grass
meadow grass
pampas grass
rye-grass
snake in the grass
supergrass
switchgrass
tallgrass
turfgrass
wheatgrass

Synonyms and antonyms of barbed-wire grass in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «barbed-wire grass» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

铁丝网草
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hierba de alambre de púas
570 millions of speakers

English

barbed-wire grass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कांटेदार तार घास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العشب الأسلاك الشائكة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колючей проволоки трава
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grama de arame farpado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঁটা-তীরে ঘাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

barbelés herbe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumput berduri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stacheldraht Gras
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

有刺鉄線の草
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철 와이어 잔디
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Suket barbed-kabel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cỏ kẽm gai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முள்-கம்பி கம்பி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काटेरी-वायर गवत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dikenli tel çim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

erba filo spinato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drutu kolczastego trawie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колючого дроту трава
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iarbă de sârmă ghimpată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γρασίδι συρματοπλέγματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doringdraad gras
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

taggtråds gräs
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piggtråd gress
5 millions of speakers

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The term «barbed-wire grass» is normally little used and occupies the 148.010 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARBED-WIRE GRASS»

Discover the use of barbed-wire grass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barbed-wire grass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity
An Ecology of Modernity Reviel Netz. and brought fully under human control. The fact is, control over animals is rather like control over humans: you can either make them do what you like them to do or else get them out of the way. This is how ...
Reviel Netz, 2004
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Plants of Western New South Wales
JH Leigh. BARBED-WIRE GRASS Cymbopogon refractus (R. Br.) A. Camus Poaceae Turpentine grass, kangaroo grass. Tufted erect perennial grass, to l.5 m high. Stems rigid, wiry, smooth, hairless, branching at the nodes, the nodes purple.
JH Leigh, 2011
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Managing and Conserving Grassy Woodlands
Large tussock grasses Short tussock grasses Tropical Plume sorghum (Sorghum plumosum) Kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra) Barbed-wire grass ( Cymbopogon refractus) Purple wire grass (Aristida ramosa) Forest blue grass ( Bothriochloa ...
S McIntyre, JG McIvor, KM Heard, 2004
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Grasses of South Australia: An Illustrated Guide to the ...
53 banded miscanthus 530 bandicoot grass 304 barbed spear-grass 103 barbed -wire grass 465, 504 barb-grass 127 barb-grass, coast 141 barb-grass, common 127 barley 273 barley grass 269 barley Mitchell grass 339 barley, ...
John Peter Jessop, 2006
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Macropod Husbandry, Healthcare and Medicinals--Volumes One ...
... divaricata Spreading Panic Grass-Paspalidium radiatum Wallaby grass- Danthonia purpurascens Weeping grass-Microlaena stipoides Wire grasses- Aristida sp Barbed wire grass-Cymbopogon refractus Cotton Panic grass- Digitaria brownei ...
Lynda Staker, 2014
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Flora of New South Wales
... Coast 2:68 Banyalla 3:72 Barb Grass, Coast 4:615 Slender 4:615 Barbarea 1: 477 australis 1:478 grayi 1:478 vema 1:478; 4:664 Barbed Wire Grass 4:444 Barberry, Common 1:169 Barbgrass, Common 4:614 Barb wire Weed 1:255 Barklya ...
Gwen J. Harden, 1993
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Maria's Mixes, A How-To Guide on Making Your Own Herbal Teas
Photo by Clay Irving via Flickr/Creative Commons Plant family: Cymbopogon Also known as: Citronella grass, Barbed wire grass, Fever grass, Silky heads, Cha de Dartigalongue, Hierba Luisa, Gavati Chaha Native country: Sri Lanka and ...
Maria Martin
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CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific ...
1831. in English: barbed-wire grass, reverse grass, reflexed panic, reflexed panic grass, Wandie grass P. novae-hollandiae P. Beauv. subsp. reversum (F. Muell.) R.D. Webster (Panicum reversum F. Muell.) Australia. P. novae-hollandiae P.
Umberto Quattrocchi, 2006
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Fijian Medicinal Plants
It is a native of Australia and is sometimes called 'barbed wire grass'. Medicinal use A medicinal tea useful for neuralgia and colds is made from the lemon- scented leaves. It is reported that the first brew should be thrown away and only a  ...
RC Cambie, J Ash, 1994
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Body Landscape Journals
... grasses in his paddocks when I visit his property. How the native grasses — barbed wire grass, native millet, lovegrass and kangaroo grass — are coming back through new methods of farming; the way his cattle 4 Body/Landscape Journals.
Margaret Somerville, 2000

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARBED-WIRE GRASS»

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Soi 38 brings the tastes of Thailand to vivid life
Even Thai standards like lemon grass soup with shrimp (each spoonful charged with the herb sometimes called “barbed-wire grass”) and ... «Washington Post, May 14»

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