bunch grass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bunch grass
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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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
Not a breath of air was stirring, and the huge flakes were coming down in myriads, falling on the high tufts of bunch grass and remaining where they had fallen.
From The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin by Elliott Smith
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 Anton Otto Fischer
In mid-afternoon they shot a couple of grouse scuttling through the bunch grass.
From The Fighting Edge by William MacLeod Raine
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