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    Grass is a common ground cover used for lawns and pastures. It is a monocot plant that grows from underground roots and includes cereal grains. Grasses are highly versatile and can grow in many environments from rainforests to deserts. They provide an important food source for many animal grazers and their extensive root systems help prevent soil erosion. People have cultivated grasses for over 4,000 years as a food source for livestock as well as for producing cereal crops like wheat, rice and corn.

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    Grass is a common ground cover used for lawns and pastures. It is a monocot plant that grows from underground roots and includes cereal grains. Grasses are highly versatile and can grow in many environments from rainforests to deserts. They provide an important food source for many animal grazers and their extensive root systems help prevent soil erosion. People have cultivated grasses for over 4,000 years as a food source for livestock as well as for producing cereal crops like wheat, rice and corn.

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    Grass is a common ground cover used for lawns and pastures. It is a monocot plant that grows from underground roots and includes cereal grains. Grasses are highly versatile and can grow in many environments from rainforests to deserts. They provide an important food source for many animal grazers and their extensive root systems help prevent soil erosion. People have cultivated grasses for over 4,000 years as a food source for livestock as well as for producing cereal crops like wheat, rice and corn.

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    Grass 3

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    Grass is a common ground cover used for lawns and pastures. It is a monocot plant that grows from underground roots and includes cereal grains. Grasses are highly versatile and can grow in many environments from rainforests to deserts. They provide an important food source for many animal grazers and their extensive root systems help prevent soil erosion. People have cultivated grasses for over 4,000 years as a food source for livestock as well as for producing cereal crops like wheat, rice and corn.

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    A common kind of grass is used to cover the ground in a lawn and other places.

    Grass gets water from the roots in the ground. Grasses are monocotyledon,
    herbaceous plants. The grasses include the "grass", of the family Poaceae (also
    called Gramineae). Also sometimes it is used to include the sedges (Cyperaceae) and
    the rushes (Juncaceae). These three families are not closely related but belong to
    different clades in the order Poales. They are similar adaptations to a common
    life-style. The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns
    (turf) and grassland. Uses for graminoids include food (as grain, sprouted grain,
    shoots or rhizomes), drink (beer, whisky), pasture for livestock, thatching thatch,
    paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving and
    many others. Many grasses are short, but some grasses, like bamboo can grow very
    tall. Plants from the grass family can grow in many places, even if they are very
    cold or very dry. Several other plants that look similar but are not members of the
    grass family are also sometimes called grass; these include rushes, reeds, papyrus,
    and water chestnut. Grasses are an important food for many animals, like deer,
    buffalo, cattle, mice, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and many other grazers. Unlike
    other plants, grasses grow from the bottom, so when animals eat grass they usually
    do not destroy the part that grows. Without grass, dirt can wash away into rivers
    (erosion). Graminoids include some of the most versatile plant life-forms. They
    became widespread toward the end of the Cretaceous. Fossilized dinosaur dung
    (coprolites) have been found containing grass phytoliths (silica stones inside
    grass leaves). Grasses have adapted to conditions in lush rain forests, dry
    deserts, cold mountains and even intertidal habitats, and are now the most
    widespread plant type. Grass is a valuable source of food and energy for many
    animals. Lawn grass is often planted on sports fields and in the area around a
    building. Sometimes chemicals and water is used to help lawns to grow. People have
    used grasses for a long time. People eat parts of grasses. Corn, wheat, barley,
    oats, rice and millet are cereals, common grains whose seeds are used for food and
    to make alcohol such as beer. Sugar comes from sugar cane, which is also a plant in
    the grass family. People have grown grasses as food for farm animals for about
    4,000 years. People use bamboo to build houses, fences, furniture and other things.
    Grass plants can also be used as fuel, to cover roofs, and to weave baskets. In
    English, the word "grass" appears in several phrases. For example: "The grass is
    always greener on the other side" means "people are never happy with what they have
    and want something else." "Don't let the grass grow under your feet" means "Do
    something". "A snake in the grass" is about a person that will not be honest and
    will trick others. Grass is sometimes used as a slang term for cannabis (also
    called pot, weed, or marijuana)

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