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

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

From Time • Jun. 11, 2011

The bush grass fought with the trees, the grass was beaten and the trees conquered.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George

The strong grass fought with the long grass of the bush, the strong grass was beaten and the bush grass conquered.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George

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 A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger

Or'nary as a muel when she has to climb, she hustles like a little running horse to git back down to bush grass.

From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger