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spear grass
noun
- any of various grasses, as a meadow grass or a bent grass, having lance-shaped leaves or floral spikes.
spear grass
noun
- See wild Spaniardanother name for wild Spaniard
- any of various native Australian grasses, esp of the genera Stipa or Heteropogon , with sharp-pointed seeds
- any of various grasses with sharp stiff blades or seeds
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Amongst the ranges we found kangaroo grass as high as our shoulders, and on the plains the spear grass up to our knees.
The dew was heavy, even on the rough salt spear-grass which fringed the sand above the cove.
During our stay the island was fired, in order to remove the "spear-grass," which is so destructive to cattle.
It was the stalks, above the upper joint, of spear-grass and redtop grass growing so profusely in Weathersfield.
The earth elves were on foot, in green suits, with acorn cups for helmets and spear grass for lances.
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