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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Example Sentences

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

This popular paddling destination includes open ponds, mangrove tunnels and saw grass fields.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022

Sea water, Nuttle says, was causing vast areas of once-healthy saw grass prairie “to unravel like a moth-eaten wool sweater.”

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

We were never able to catch up with him because there were miles of saw grass and knee-deep mud between us.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat