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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)

★ Lemongrass, or Cymbopogon, an edible plant
In 'other uses':

★ Günter Grass, a Nobel Prize-winning German author

★ Cut Grass, an army commander in the 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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See also

★ Pasture

★ Grassland