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saw grass

American  
Also sawgrass

noun

  1. any of various sedges of the genus Cladium, of tropical and temperate regions, having spiny, serrated leaves.


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On an abandoned golf course, overgrown with shrubs and saw grass, you can hear the rushing water from 100 yards away.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2023

On the other side of the path were fields of swaying saw grass and hardwood hammocks — dense stands of broad-leafed trees that grow on a slight rise of only a few inches.

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2022

Sea water, Nuttle says, was causing vast areas of once-healthy saw grass prairie “to unravel like a moth-eaten wool sweater.”

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2019

As dusk turns to darkness, we swing off the paved road on to a dirt levee surrounded by vast expanses of saw grass.

From The Guardian Aug. 22, 2019

We were never able to catch up with him because there were miles of saw grass and knee-deep mud between us.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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