bush grass

British  

noun

1. a coarse reedlike grass, Calamagrostis epigejos , 1–1 1/ 2 metres (3–4 1/ 2 ft) high that grows on damp clay soils in Europe and temperate parts of Asia

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Example Sentences

The militia left, and his father bound his wounds and dragged him out of the house into the bush grass.

From New York Times

At the captured government camp, rebels paraded and put on a show of hand-to-hand combat in the bush grass.

From Reuters

In some spots, indeed, the gold lay almost on the surface, amidst the roots of the bush grass, to be turned up by the wheels of the passing bullock-drays, or picked out by hand after heavy showers.

From Project Gutenberg

Nestled in the golden bush grass of an open savanna, a black rhinoceros lies on her side.

From Time

I aim to make good bush grass in the yellow pines by dusk, and the second day brings me down to Brown's Ferry, three miles short of my home.

From Project Gutenberg