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Grass

Grass is a type of plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. Their appearance as a common plant was in the mid-Cretaceous period. There are 12,000 species now.3

A common kind of grass is used to cover the ground in places such as lawns and parks. Grass is usually the color green. That is because they are wind-pollinated rather than insect-pollinated, so they do not have to attract insects. Green is the best colour for photosynthesis.

Grasslands such as savannah and prairie where grasses are dominant cover 40.5% of the land area of the Earth, except Greenland and Antarctica.4

Grasses are monocotyledon herbaceous plants. They include the "grass" of the family Poaceae, which are called grass by ordinary people. This family is also called the Gramineae, and includes some of the sedges (Cyperaceae) and the rushes (Juncaceae).5 These three families are not very closely related, though all of them belong to clades in the order Poales. They are similar adaptations to a similar life-style.

With about 780 genera and about 12,000 species,3 the Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family. Only the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae have more species.6

The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns (turf) and grassland. Uses for graminoids include food (as grain, shoots or rhizomes), drink (beer, whisky), pasture for livestock, thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving and many others.
by skdhsj? August 7, 2023
mugGet the Grassmug.
A really strong stran of marijuana that will put you on your butt after 1 hit
Christian McClellan took too much off the grass that will put you on your ass.
by Cpuff the whiter June 2, 2019
mugGet the Grass that will put you on your assmug.

goat grass

Damnnnn soonnnnn, dis shit is goat grasss mannnnnn.
by yamuva July 7, 2020
mugGet the goat grassmug.

grass eyes

When you smoke weed so much that your eyes droop down all the time
Dude1: vro you look really tired
Dude2: nah, I smoked so much weed I got grass eyes
by Deeeeelan February 21, 2018
mugGet the grass eyesmug.

grass on the field plays

A phrase meaning that as long as the girl or boy has begun growing pubic hair (grass on the field), then they are an acceptable person to have sex with (plays)- regardless of age.
Dude, your sister is looking hot lately!
Asshole! She's 10!
Hey, grass on the field plays.
You're sick man...
by Captain_G-Force February 28, 2018
mugGet the grass on the field playsmug.

Forehead Grass

“Damn, Caitlyn, you’re forehead grass is poppin’ today!”
by grass_grass_grass January 21, 2019
mugGet the Forehead Grassmug.
The vagina hairs

A way to make fun of slutty Mexicans
The grass in your front lawn is so nice/

Jesus you spend more time mowing the grass in her front lawn than all your jobs combined
by Jabae24 December 6, 2016
mugGet the the grass in your front lawnmug.

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