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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various grasses in the genus Echinochloa that are capable of growing in water. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   Bulbostylis barbata, an Australian sedge that grows near water. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From water + grass.

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