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wire grass

or wiregrass

noun

  1. any of various grasses or rushes having wiry roots, culms, or leaves.


wire grass

noun

  1. any of various grasses, such as Bermuda grass, that have tough wiry roots or rhizomes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wire grass1

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55
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Example Sentences

Here and there through the long wire-grass come perfect gushes of blue and white violets.

You know how rapidly wire grass and Bermuda grass will overrun the garden or farm.

A moment later the bow of the launch pushed its way through the wire grass and touched the bank.

He stepped the distance carefully—Croyden following with the horses—and sunk his heel into the sand beside a clump of wire grass.

The next moment they dismounted, left their wheels on the path, and came slowly across the desert of wire-grass toward us.

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