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bear grass
[ bair gras ]
noun
- Also called elk grass. a tall, western North American plant, Xerophyllum tenax, of the lily family, having narrow leaves and a dense, broad cluster of tiny white flowers.
- any of several other plants having linear, grasslike leaves, as those of the genera Nolina and Dasylirion.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bear grass1
An Americanism dating back to 1740–50
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Example Sentences
Sisal hemp, which I found much like our yucca or "bear grass," is but little grown.
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There are thousands of cream-white mountain lilies—bear-grass—with tall, slender blooms.
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The mother had dropped it or missed it in her panic, and the little thing lay whimpering in the bear-grass.
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They also Cover their heads from the rain Sometimes with a common water cup or basket made of Cedar bark and bear grass.
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At Louisville barely could boats be pulled in to the Bear Grass.
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