lalang

July, and August the finer kinds of grass may be permitted to cover the ground, as it contributes to mitigate the effects of the sun's power, and preserves for a longer time the dews, which at that season fall copiously; but the rank species, called lalang, being particularly difficult to eradicate, should not be suffered to fix itself, if it can be avoided.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795

And where some area appears not under cultivation, the climbing fern and a coarse, useless "lalang" grass covers every inch of ground.

Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

A Roman Catholic priest was returning to his house after breakfasting with a planter at Alma, and when passing through some tall "lalang" grass a tiger suddenly sprang out into the path a few yards in front of him.

Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 W. D. Bayliss 1869

M. Kulasegaran lambasted Devamany as a "lalang" (unprincipled person).

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YB M. Kulasegaran lambasted Devamany as a "lalang" (unprincipled person).

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M. Kulasegaran lambasted Devamany as a "lalang" (unprincipled person).

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Yoon is a scientist with the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia, and he embarked on this venture in 1989 with less than great enthusiasm: "When I first saw a clump of rather undistinguished-looking grass, it looked so ordinary and so frighteningly similar to the horrible 'lalang'

2 Case Studies 1993

And the landscaping is certainly unusual ... screens made of tall cages of coloured cacti, richly patterned porcelain balls lying in the lalang grass at the side of the house, and a koi pond.

Archive 2005-05-01 Sharon Bakar 2005

And the landscaping is certainly unusual ... screens made of tall cages of coloured cacti, richly patterned porcelain balls lying in the lalang grass at the side of the house, and a koi pond.

A New Home for Words Sharon Bakar 2005

Ceritanya tentang seorang pria ga jelas yang tergeletak ga jelas di tengah jalan di keramaian, sementara orang-orang di sekelilingnya berlalu-lalang dan ga peduli sama pria ga jelas tersebut.

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