snow grass

noun

Australian any of various grey-green grasses of the genus Poa, of SE Australian mountain regions
NZ any of various hill and high-country grasses of the genus Danthonia

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How to use snow grass in a sentence

Below the rock-face we came back to snow grass and stony creeks, and so to last night's camping ground.
By Forest Ways in New Zealand | F. A. Roberts
It seldom settles on the shingle, mostly resting on the snow grass, on which its larva probably feeds.
New Zealand Moths and Butterflies | G. V. Hudson
We washed and bound his wound as well as we could and tied him to a bush of snow grass to await the dray.
Five Years in New Zealand | Robert B. Booth
In this I cut and spread some more snow grass and pushed my saddle and blanket to one end.
Five Years in New Zealand | Robert B. Booth

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