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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Guam, Xiphagrostis floridula, a tall perennial grass with terminal feathery panicles, growing in damp places and covering vast treeless savannas on the hilltops.

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Examples

  • In the Vedas this process of finding out who you are by finding out who you aren’t is described as neti neti, a Sanskrit expression that means “not this, not that.”

    Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010

  • In the Vedas this process of finding out who you are by finding out who you aren’t is described as neti neti, a Sanskrit expression that means “not this, not that.”

    Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010

  • You can squirt in salt water with a bulb syringe, spray your nose from a bottle, use a water pick with a nasal adapter, or try the traditional Indian irrigation device called a neti pot.

    Eight Surprising Allergy-Fighting Tactics 2008

  • The sinus saline wash is an Indian remedy and the original product is called a neti pot, part of a yoga cleanse.

    Firedoglake » Newt Gingrich: War Pimp 2006

  • It was a young man whose death in June was traced to the tap water he used in a device called a neti pot.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • It was a young man whose death in June was traced to the tap water he used in a device called a neti pot.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • In the third case, the death of a southeast Louisiana man in his 20s in June was traced to the tap water he used in a device called a neti pot.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • It was a young man whose death in June was traced to the tap water he used in a device called a neti pot.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • In the third case, the death of a southeast Louisiana man in his 20s in June was traced to the tap water he used in a device called a neti pot.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • It was a young man whose death in June was traced to the tap water he used in a device called a neti pot.

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