wheatgrass

English

Etymology

From wheat +‎ grass.

Noun

wheatgrass (usually uncountable, plural wheatgrasses)

  1. Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption.
  2. A grass of the genus Agropyron, commonly known as crested-wheat grass.

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