moor grass

noun

1

: heath grass

2

: a coarse perennial mountain grass (Molina coerulea) of Europe that is considered a good forage grass

called also flying bent

3

: a common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) of the north temperate zone

4

: a grass growing on a moor

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