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noun
any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.
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Also called windmill grass.
Origin of finger grass
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Words nearby finger grass
fingered, fingerflower, finger food, finger-fuck, finger gate, finger grass, finger hole, fingering, finger in the pie, have a, Finger Lakes, fingerling
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