Grass (disambiguation)
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Grass is a monocotyledonous green plant characterized by slender leaves, called blades, which usually grow upwards from the ground.
Grass can also refer to:
In botany:
- plants of the Family Poaceae. These are the true grasses
- A slang term for Cannabis
- China grass, more commonly known as Ramie (Boehmeria nivea)
- Nettle, grown for bast fibres, in the Family Urticaceae
- Ditch grass or Wigeon grass (Ruppia maritima) in the Family Ruppiaceae
- Fish grass (Cabomba caroliniana), a freshwater aquatic
- Goosegrass (Galium aparine)
- Mondo grass or Lily turf (Ophiopogon japonicus), an Asian ornamental ground cover
- Cotton-grass, genus Eriophorum
- Nutgrass, a common lawn pest (Cyperus rotundus) in the Family Cyperaceae
- Pepper grass (Lepidium spp.) in the family Brassicaceae
- Sawgrass, abundant in sub-tropical marshlands (Cladium spp.) in the Family Cyperaceae
- Scurvy-grass (Cochlearia species) in the Family Brassicaceae
- Scurvy-grass Sorrel (Oxalis enneaphylla) in the Family Oxalidaceae
- Seagrass
- Eelgrass (Zostera spp.)
- Sleeping grass (Mimosa pudica), a legume (Family Fabaceae) and lawn weed
- Yellow-eyed grass (Xyridaceae)
In other uses:
- Günter Grass, a Nobel Prize-winning German author
- Cut Grass, an army commander in the Red Alert game universe
- Angelika Grass, a Nazi concentration camp overseer
- Grass is slang for a criminal who informs on his accomplices. A supergrass is an especially significant informer.
- Grass, a 1989 science fiction novel by Sheri Tepper
- Grass, a 2003 television series featuring Simon Day
- Grass (1925 film), a 1925 documentary following a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Iran as they and their herds make their seasonal journey to better pastures.
- Grass (1999 film), a 1999 documentary about history of the American government's war on marijuana in the 20th century.
- GRASS programming language for "GRAphics Symbiosis System", a computer programming language
- GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System), an open source geographic information system
- "Grass" (song), the single by the band Animal Collective
- Grass, a song by XTC from their 1986 album Skylarking
- Grass, a 1918 poem by Carl Sandburg.
- Grass is a card game by Jeff London
- Grass (album), an album by Keller Williams and the Keels.
Gras may refer to :
- GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe), an FDA designation that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe
- Mardi gras
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