scorpion grass
Britishnoun
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There was a garden behind my house, but it was mostly plants that flourished of their own accord: wisteria and honeysuckle, clover and scorpion grass.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019
The mistletoe branch is forked, like a wish-bone, 47 and so is the stem which bears the forget-me-not or wild scorpion grass.
From Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by Fiske, John
Then the scorpion grass, of both kinds, proclaimed that it was summer; and borage was bright in the sitting-room.
From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Warner, Susan
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