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molasses grass

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
mo-lasses -grass
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spreading perennial forage grass, Melinis minutiflora, native to tropical Africa, that is covered with hairs which exude a sweet substance having the odour of molasses.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

molasses grasses (plural)

Synonyms

capim-gordura Efwatakala grass gordura grass honey grass stinkgrass

Questions

What does molasses grass mean?
A spreading perennial forage grass, Melinis minutiflora, native to tropical Africa, that is covered with hairs which exude a sweet substance having the odour of molasses.

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