noun
- a common weedy plant with narrow ribbed leaves and dense spikes of small flowers
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Ribgrass grows abundantly in lawns and disturbed soil.
- The children used ribgrass stems to play a game, trying to break each other’s.
- Ribgrass is considered both a weed and a medicinal herb.
- The distinctive parallel veins make ribgrass easy to identify.
- Many homeowners struggle to eliminate ribgrass from their yards.
- Ribgrass seeds are eaten by various bird species.