heath grass

American  

noun

1. a European grass, Sieglingia decumbens, growing in spongy, wet, cold soils.

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heath grass British  

noun

1. a perennial European grass, Danthonia decumbens, with flat hairless leaves

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Example Sentences

The nest is placed among heath, grass, or young corn, and invariably on the ground—in this respect differing from all other birds of the same family.

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Twice he stumbled and fell amidst the stringy heath grass, but he was up again in a frenzy of haste, and soon was near enough to the group of men to see that Medenham and Marigny, bare-headed and in their shirt sleeves, were fighting with swords.

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For instance, this of the Virgin Mary: 'Mary, she went across the heath, grass and flowers wept for grief, she did not find her son.'

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