wire grass

1. (Plants) any of various grasses, such as Bermuda grass, that have tough wiry roots or rhizomes

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wire′ grass`

a Eurasian meadow grass, Poa compressa, naturalized in North America, having creeping rootstocks and thin stems.

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Noun	1.	wire grass - handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn Andropogon scoparius, broom beard grass, prairie grass, Schizachyrium scoparium broom grass - any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making
	2.	wire grass - coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere Eleusine indica, yard grass, yardgrass, goose grass Eleusine, genus Eleusine - annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands millet - any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine

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It appears also from the official records, that the trees were unexpectedly, some years afterwards, succeeded by a wire grass which spread over the whole surface.

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"I'm so honoured to have my name on the trophy, just so grateful for everything."Wie seemed poised to win in style until she double-bogeyed the 16th hole after almost losing her ball in a thick clump of wire grass after a poor second shot.It took almost two minutes to locate the ball and she subsequently chose to take a penalty stroke, eventually sinking a five-foot putt to avoid dropping three shots."I definitely gave myself a heart attack when I couldn't find that ball," she said.

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3 BERMUDA GRASS Aliases: wire grass, scutch grass, devilgrass

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We move on, passing wild grapevines and straggly wire grass. Suddenly, a snort breaks the silence, and I jump, startled.