Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

switch grass

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: switch -grass
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Panicum virgatum, a dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

switch grasses (plural)

Synonyms

tall panic grass Wobsqua grass blackbent tall prairiegrass wild redtop thatchgrass Virginia switchgrass panicum virgatum

Questions

What does switch grass mean?: Panicum virgatum, a dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie.

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