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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

halfa grass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
hal-fa -grass
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A north African and south Asian grass of species Desmostachya bipinnata, with tough stems woven into rope, sandals, mats, etc., and sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism and other religions.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Other north African grasses with similar uses, such as sparto (Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum sparticum) and cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica)

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: حَلْفَا

Usage

Inflected Forms

halfa grasses (plural)

Synonyms

kusha kusha grass

Questions

What does halfa grass mean?
A north African and south Asian grass of species Desmostachya bipinnata, with tough stems woven into rope, sandals, mats, etc., and sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism and other religions.
Where does halfa grass come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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