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

He would not go 6 mucking in the gold mines for it; his million should graze on the bunch grass.

From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto

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 of these valleys are wet and marshy, while others are dry and produce a rich and abundant growth of bunch grass.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange