buntgras

Dutch

Corynephorus canescens

Etymology

Apparently from earlier bentgras; the vowel is altered through proximity of the labial consonant. The second element of the compound is gras (“grass”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Noun

buntgras n (uncountable)

1. gray clubawn grass, gray hair-grass, Corynephorus canescens

Further reading

• buntgras on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl