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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



... 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

... 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

... 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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