Explore Blackgrass through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Blackgrass in a sentence
Blackgrass meaning
- Alopecurus myosuroides, a weed that harms wheat crops.
- Juncus gerardii, a salt marsh plant used for facing dikes.
Using Blackgrass
- The main meaning on this page is: Alopecurus myosuroides, a weed that harms wheat crops. | Juncus gerardii, a salt marsh plant used for facing dikes.
Context around Blackgrass
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blackgrass
- In this selection, "blackgrass" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, combat and myosuroides stand out and add context to how "blackgrass" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alopecurus myosuroides blackgrass with an and presence of blackgrass on irish. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blackgrass" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blackgrass
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We put land down to grass to combat blackgrass and now have 200 acres of grassland. (16 words)
Meanwhile, Teagass is confirming the presence of blackgrass on Irish farms where the problem weed has not been identified up to this point. (23 words)
For example, populations of Alopecurus myosuroides (blackgrass) with an enhanced metabolism mechanism show resistance to pendimethalin but not to trifluralin, despite both being dinitroanilines. (24 words)
For example, populations of Alopecurus myosuroides (blackgrass) with an enhanced metabolism mechanism show resistance to pendimethalin but not to trifluralin, despite both being dinitroanilines. (24 words)
Meanwhile, Teagass is confirming the presence of blackgrass on Irish farms where the problem weed has not been identified up to this point. (23 words)
We put land down to grass to combat blackgrass and now have 200 acres of grassland. (16 words)
Example sentences (3)
Meanwhile, Teagass is confirming the presence of blackgrass on Irish farms where the problem weed has not been identified up to this point.
We put land down to grass to combat blackgrass and now have 200 acres of grassland.
For example, populations of Alopecurus myosuroides (blackgrass) with an enhanced metabolism mechanism show resistance to pendimethalin but not to trifluralin, despite both being dinitroanilines.