cane grass

noun

Australian any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps

Words Nearby cane grass

Canea
canebrake
cane chair
canecutter
cane gall
cane grass
canegrub
canella
cane piece
caner
cane rat

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How to use cane grass in a sentence

There were no signs of excitement in the squat village, whose fence was just visible above the cane-grass.
The Plattner Story and Others | H. G. Wells
These marshes are overspread with a luxuriant growth of tall reedy cane grass.
Norman's New Orleans and Environs | B. M. Norman
Between him and the beach was the cane-grass fence of the compound.
Adventure | Jack London

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