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Wire grass   /wˈaɪər græs/   Listen
Wire grass

noun
1.
Handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn.  Synonyms: Andropogon scoparius, broom beard grass, prairie grass, Schizachyrium scoparium.
2.
Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere.  Synonyms: Eleusine indica, goose grass, yard grass, yardgrass.






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"Wire grass" Quotes from Famous Books



... reacted still further on Bob's spirits. He trudged doggedly on. After a time a gleam of water caught his attention to the left. He deserted the River Trail, descended a slope, pushed his way through a thicket of tamaracks growing out from wire grass and puddles, and found himself on the ...
— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White

... bow of the launch pushed its way through the wire grass and touched the bank. Alan laid aside his oar, tied the boat to a half-submerged log, and ...
— The Fire People • Ray Cummings

... were beyond pursuit, the two unsaddled, and turned the ponies out to crop the few handfuls of wire grass which the sweet water bubbling up from a slight depression had coaxed into stunted growth. There was no wood to be had, although they found evidence of several camp-fires, and consequently they were obliged to content themselves ...
— The Strange Case of Cavendish • Randall Parrish



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