Definition of "grass" []

• The grass family. (noun)
• The members of the grass family considered as a group. (noun)
• Any of various plants having slender leaves characteristic of the grass family. (noun)
• An expanse of ground, such as a lawn, covered with grass or similar plants. (noun)
• Grazing land; pasture. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "LILY _gathering flowers and grass among the grass_."
• "This year's awardees included a handful of well-known groups and dozens that truly embody the term grass roots."
• "Several nights ago I heard a politician use the term grass roots, and it suddenly struck me, a retired high school English teacher, that I was ignorant of its derivation, even though I did know the expression denoted people and places "far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.""