wheat-grass in English
noun
1
any of various creeping grasses, especially couch grass.
A bluebunch wheatgrass now in the final stages of testing, for example, is the result of crossbreeding parent plants from 25 different sites throughout 6 western states and British Columbia.
2
the young shoots of the wheat plant Triticum aestivum , preparations of which are credited with various health-giving properties.
"One ounce of wheatgrass is equivalent to more than 2.5 lbs of leafy-green vegetables," screamed the signboard at Juice Zone, a Canadian'juice bar ' franchise at the local mall.
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1. Gracilis, buffalo grass, Bulbilis dactyloides, and western wheat grass, Agro- pyron srnithii, were secured from a native pasture
2. The application of the composite flocculant to treating wastewater from alkaline wheat-grass paper-making process, the satisfactory result was gained.