cut-grass

American  

[kuht-gras, -grahs] / ˈkʌtˌgræs, -ˌgrɑs /

noun

1. any of several grasses having blades with rough edges, especially grasses of the genus Leersia.

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Etymology

Origin of cut-grass

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Retired judge Amar Saran says the mounting backlog has forced judges into a "cut-grass approach" - issuing quick, standard orders, from nudging the government to act to directing lower courts to handle the matter.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

To confirm the suspicion, the team sprayed cut-grass smell—a mix of three volatile chemicals—onto fields that hadn’t been mowed recently.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 7, 2021

That cut-grass scent, cis-3-hexanol, is called leaf alcohol.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016

He loved that territory right down to the cut-grass, dry-dust smell of it.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

Now there is nothing but blue-joint and sedge and cut-grass there, standing in water all the year round.

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David