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moor grass

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noun

  1. a grass characteristic of moors, especially purple moor grass ( Molinia caerulea ) of heath and fenland and blue moor grass ( Sesleria caerulea ) of limestone uplands

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The April 2021 wildfires caused purple moor grass "to really take off" and prevented other plants, like heather, growing back.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

"Depending on the grazing results onsite, we can just send them to different areas to improve the condition of the habitat, breaking that dominance of purple moor grass."

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2022

Out of doors, her feet, muffled in wet moor grass, went to a beat, a clang.

From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May

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