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saw grass

American  
Also sawgrass

noun

  1. any of various sedges of the genus Cladium, of tropical and temperate regions, having spiny, serrated leaves.


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On an abandoned golf course, overgrown with shrubs and saw grass, you can hear the rushing water from 100 yards away.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2023

On the other side of the path were fields of swaying saw grass and hardwood hammocks — dense stands of broad-leafed trees that grow on a slight rise of only a few inches.

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2022

Scientists are counting on mangroves and other more salt-tolerant plants to migrate inland into the saw grass plains, establishing a new, natural bulwark against climate change.

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2019

As dusk turns to darkness, we swing off the paved road on to a dirt levee surrounded by vast expanses of saw grass.

From The Guardian Aug. 22, 2019

“You never saw grass in a concentration camp, because the prisoners ate it,” Jack said.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren

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