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

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

The sun was red on the hill, the sheep were throwing long shadows down the slope as they grazed lazily, some of them standing on knees to crop the lush bunch grass.

From The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)

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

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 Smith, Elliott