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finger grass

American  

noun

  1. any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.

Etymology

Origin of finger grass

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

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On a wagon ride from the Pittsfield train station, Melville scribbled the names of all the grasses he knew: redtop, ribbon grass, finger grass, orchard grass, hair grass.

From The New Yorker

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