1. Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
   "Feathertop grass added texture to the ornamental border";
   - feathertop grass, Pennistum villosum
    
2. A variety of reed grass
   "feathertop added vertical interest to the garden border";
   - feather reed grass, Calamagrostis acutiflora

Derived forms: feathertops

Type of: grass, reed grass

Part of: genus Pennisetum, Pennisetum

Encyclopedia: Feathertop