sweet grass
any of several fragrant plants, as manna grass or the sweet flag.
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How to use sweet grass in a sentence
The last time I hugged her, she put sweet grass in my hand and told me to be good.
I Rejected the Native Grieving Ceremonies My Mother Taught Me When She Died. But Losing Friends During the Pandemic Changed That | Terese Marie Mailhot | December 28, 2020 | TimeHe was like a granite rock, which the sweet grass has overgrown, and from whose crevices peep lovely wild flowers.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh | George W. FooteSheep prefer hills of moderate elevation, where they find a short sweet grass, of which they are very fond.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsPretty well, but nothing like the way Florences and Francess little sweet-grass baskets went.
Winona of the Camp Fire | Margaret WiddemerShe stepped ashore, and stood ankle-deep in the sweet grass, and looked about her for a while, and saw no shape of man astir.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles | William Morris
He was tossing small handfuls of dried sweet-grass upon the embers, and droning some sort of medicine-song.
Running Fox | Elmer Russell Gregor
British Dictionary definitions for sweet grass
an aromatic grass (Hierochloe odorata), traditionally used in Native American rituals
See flote grass
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