grass [gras, grahs]
noun
1. any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
2. such plants collectively, as when cultivated in lawns or used as pasture for grazing animals or cut and dried as hay.
3. the grass-covered ground.
ORIGINS:
before 900; Middle English gras, Old English græs; cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse, Gothic gras; akin to grow, green