umbrella grass noun6 •Any of several species of grasses and sedges. •Chloris truncata, a grass, early chloris (Australia), Australian finger grass, star grass, windmill grass. •Digitaria divaricatissima, a grass, spreading umbrella grass, spider-panic. •Many species of the grass genus Enteropogon, such as Enteropogon acicularis. •Cyperus alternifolius, a sedge. •Several species of the sedge genus Fuirena. formsumbrella grasses