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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heath grass

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.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

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.'

From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese