cogon

The cogon grass in this river bottom was the tallest I ever saw, some clumps being well over twenty feet high.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga|Cornelis De Witt Willcox
Then the people gathered together, and took one plate and five leaves of cogon grass and made a ceremony.
Kankanay Ceremonies|C. R. Moss
Here the way was choked with rank cogon grass, growing from eight to twelve feet high.
Boy Scouts in the Philippines|G. Harvey Ralphson
They stopped a moment in consultation; then Pedro slid smoothly through the cogon toward the camp.
Caybigan|James Hopper

Then the horse rustled softly through the high cogon, struck the road again below the house, galloped off in sudden clatter.
Caybigan|James Hopper

British Dictionary definitions for cogon

cogon

/ (ˈkəʊɡəʊn) /

noun

any of the coarse tropical grasses of the genus Imperata, esp I. cylindrica and I. exaltata of the Philippines, which are used for thatching

Word Origin for cogon

from Spanish cogón, from Tagalog kugon

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