Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Several species of wheat-grass, Agropyron, are of settled agricultural value. The common couch-grass, Agropyron repens, is a good hay-grass, despite its tenacity as a weed.
- noun A. pseudorepens, the false couch-grass of the Great Plains, is a softer plant than the last and is hence better suited to cultivation for hay.
- noun The couch-or quitch-grass, Agropyrum repens; also, any wild grass of the genus Agropyrum or Triticum.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a grass of the genus Agropyron
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Examples
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"Delicious or not, alcohol is no wheat-grass smoothie ..."
Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, Fact | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Your body has to process all the toxins you spent all night shoving in it (delicious or not, alcohol is no wheat-grass smoothie when it comes to being body-friendly), and giving it more just extends the timetable.
Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, Fact | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Your body has to process all the toxins you spent all night shoving in it delicious or not, alcohol is no wheat-grass smoothie when it comes to being body-friendly, and giving it more just extends the timetable.
Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, Fact | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Sure you could have a vegan turkey and wash it down with a nice wheat-grass smoothie, but that's not exactly what's on the menu.
Leo Galland, M.D.: How To Recover From Thanksgiving Excess (PHOTOS) M.D. Leo Galland 2010
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Sure you could have a vegan turkey and wash it down with a nice wheat-grass smoothie, but that's not exactly what's on the menu.
Leo Galland, M.D.: How To Recover From Thanksgiving Excess (PHOTOS) M.D. Leo Galland 2010
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"Delicious or not, alcohol is no wheat-grass smoothie..."
Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, Fact | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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And make your poser-ass fold over my pretty, fashionable iMac while drinking my wheat-grass shake in a hot Yoga pose.
15 Annoying Things Most Girlfriends Do (That You Have to Put Up With) | Manolith 2010
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Oliver, a Beverly Hills restaurant opening this week, will offer $10 Vitaminwater martinis (three grams of carbs) and wheat-grass martinis (two grams) made with Splenda, and Loews Hotels recently rolled out an extensive "No Carbtails" drink menu.
HEALTH: LIQUID DIETS 2007
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The soups and pies are way tastier than you'd get at a chain, and no vegan enforcer is making anyone drink the icky green wheat-grass potion.
Googling Lunch 2007
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Do celery sticks and wheat-grass shots make you nauseous?
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