Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A grass of the genus Glyceria: so called doubtless from the fondness of cattle for G. fluitans.
- noun Same as
vanilla-grass . - noun Same as
sweet-flag .
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Examples
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The out channel is fringed with a swath of reed sweet-grass and sweet flag, and scattered, waist-high, lank, yellow-crowned spikes of great yellow-cress.
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I glanced up and saw a brown spider above us on the top of the window, almost hidden behind one of the sweet-grass braids Camille had hung to the side of the sink.
Changeling Galenorn, Yasmine 2007
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He did not find his grandmother, who had gone to live on the sweet-grass hills near the Arkansas River, but he did find his Aunt Neeta, a quarrelsome old woman who was living with some mixed-blood trapping people in a filthy little camp.
Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997
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He did not find his grandmother, who had gone to live on the sweet-grass hills near the Arkansas River, but he did find his Aunt Neeta, a quarrelsome old woman who was living with some mixed-blood trapping people in a filthy little camp.
Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997
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He did not find his grandmother, who had gone to live on the sweet-grass hills near the Arkansas River, but he did find his Aunt Neeta, a quarrelsome old woman who was living with some mixed-blood trapping people in a filthy little camp.
Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997
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He did not find his grandmother, who had gone to live on the sweet-grass hills near the Arkansas River, but he did find his Aunt Neeta, a quarrelsome old woman who was living with some mixed-blood trapping people in a filthy little camp.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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Absorbing the scent of fragrant sweet-grass burning in the fire pit nearby, he lost track of time, content to remain seated on the sacred ground and oblivious to the night cold or the heat of the day.
Honorbound Taylor, Laura 1988
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Napkins, when laid away in a chest or drawer, should have some pleasant, cleanly herb like lavender or sweet-grass, or the old - fashioned clover, or bags of Oriental orris-root, put between them, that they may come to the table smelling of these delicious scents.
Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
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Ruth was absorbed in the tying of a gorgeous lavender bow which was to adorn a sweet-grass basket standing on the table near her.
Glenloch Girls Grace M. Remick
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Ruth was absorbed in the tying of a gorgeous lavender bow which was to adorn a sweet-grass basket standing on the table near her.
Glenloch Girls Grace M. Remick
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