Means grass

[ meenz ]

noun

1. Johnson grass.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Means grass¹

1855–60, Americanism; after John H. Means (1812–62), governor of South Carolina, 1850–52, who obtained the original seed from Turkey

Example Sentences

In Telugu the word relli or rellis means grass, but whether there is any connection between this and the caste name I cannot say.

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