saw grass

noun

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

Also saw·grass [saw-gras, ‐grahs]. /ˈsɔˌgræs, ‐ˌgrɑs/.

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How to use saw grass in a sentence

Many of these are filled with tall sawgrass which, growing from the bottom, greatly impedes the passage even of small boats.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania | Jewett Castello Gilson

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