Grass

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• In popular language grass means a short, green, ground covering or lawn, usually, but not necessarily comprised of a "true grass" or grasses, called turf. See also pasture, grassland.
• In botany, grass refers to plants of the family Poaceae. These are the true grasses.
• Plants with "grass" in their names that are not true grasses include:
  • China grass, more commonly known as Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a nettle grown for bast fibres, in the Family Urticaceae
  • Ditch grass or Wigeon grass (Ruppia maritima) in the family Ruppiaceae
  • Fish grass (Cabomba caroliniana)
  • Goosegrass (Galium aparine)
  • Mondo grass or lily turf (Ophiopogon japonicus), an Asian ornamental ground cover
  • Nutgrass, a common lawn pest (Cyperus rotundus) in the Family Cyperaceae
  • Pepper grasses (Lipidium 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
  • Seagrasses, including Eel grass (Zostera spp.)
  • "Sleeping grass" (Mimosa pudica) a legume (Family Fabaceae) and lawn pest
  • Xyridaceae, known as the yellow-eyed grass family
• Grass is slang for marijuana or for a criminal who informs on his accomplices.
• GRASS for "GRAphics Symbiosis System" is a computer programming language
• GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an Open source geographic information system.

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