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Nutgrass

Definition: Nutgrass

Nutgrass

Noun

1. A widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Nutgrass

Synonyms: nut grass (n), nut sedge (n), nutsedge (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Nutgrass

English words defined with "nutgrass": yellow nutgrass. (references)

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Expression: Nutgrass

Expression using "nutgrass": yellow nutgrass. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nutgrass

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  nutgrass

45

  killer nutgrass

4

  control nutgrass

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Nutgrass

Language Translations for "nutgrass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

gewone rijstbibit-uil (lawn armyworm, nutgrass armyworm, paddy cutworm), geelgestreepte legerrups (African armyworm, mystery armyworm, mystery worm, nutgrass armyworm, true armyworm). (various references)

   

French

  

chenille défoliante (nutgrass armyworm). (various references)

   

German

  

Reissaateule (lawn armyworm, nutgrass armyworm, paddy cutworm), Heerwurm (African armyworm, asparagus fern caterpillar, beet armyworm, lesser armyworm, lesser cottonworm, lesser mystery worm, lucerne caterpillar, mystery armyworm, mystery worm, nutgrass armyworm, small mottled willow moth, sugarbeet armyworm, true armyworm). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

λαφύγμα η φυλλορροούσα (African armyworm, mystery armyworm, mystery worm, nutgrass armyworm, true armyworm). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

utgrassnay

   

Spanish

  

gardama africana (African armyworm, mystery armyworm, mystery worm, nutgrass armyworm, true armyworm). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Nutgrass

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

CYPERUS ROTUNDUS. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: Nutgrass

Derivations

Words beginning with "nutgrass": nutgrasses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Nutgrass

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-n-r-s-s-t-u"

-1 letter: santurs.

-2 letters: angsts, grants, grunts, santur, stangs, strang, strung, sugars, sutras, tarsus, tragus, tussar.

-3 letters: angst, argus, aunts, gasts, gaunt, gaurs, gauss, gnars, gnats, grans, grant, grass, grunt, guans, guars, gusts, rants, rungs, runts, rusts, snags, snugs, stags, stang, stars, stung, stuns, sugar, suras, sutra, tangs, tarns, trans, trass, trugs, truss, tsars, tunas.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-n-r-s-s-t-u"
 

+1 letter: assurgent.

 

+2 letters: nutgrasses, signatures.

 

+3 letters: gangbusters, scatterguns, stranguries, superagents, supergiants, transfusing.

 

+4 letters: gratefulness, pasteurising, strangulates, subrogations, transfigures, vanguardists.

 

+5 letters: gastrocnemius, gastrulations, manslaughters, resuscitating, sequestrating, singularities, somersaulting, urbanologists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Nutgrass


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 75 74 67 72 61 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    ..-    -    --.    .-.    .-    ...    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01110101 01110100 01100111 01110010 01100001 01110011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#117 &#116 &#103 &#114 &#97 &#115 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0075 0074 0067 0072 0061 0073 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4887867384678585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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