bunch grass

American  

noun

1. any of various grasses in different regions of North America, growing in distinct clumps.

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Etymology

Origin of bunch grass

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

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bunch grass

The annual precipitation in this land is not enough to support good sod-forming grass; rather, it favors the bunch grass that grows in the shelter of the sage.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2017

The wide, flat valley dotted with greasewood, yucca and bunch grass selected as site for the test explosion is known in Manhattan Project doubletalk as "Trinity."

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, he saw in the dim moonlight, the windows were shuttered and the grounds had gone back to bunch grass.

From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John

Some one has been here within a few minutes, watching, stretched prone upon the turf, for Lee finds it dry and almost warm, while all around the bunch grass is heavy with dew.

From Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by King, Charles

The Ute ponies were getting fat on new buffalo and bunch grass, and the tender-eyed does were seeking higher altitudes when Jack again reached the old trail leading to the Indian village on Rock Creek.

From Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter by Tileston, Merrill