Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name in the Philippine Islands of Imperata arundinacea, a grass which takes possession of abandoned clearings and covers vast tracts of savanna land. It furnishes excellent material for thatching, but is fit for pasture only when young and tender. See
alang-alang .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A tall, coarse grass (
Imperata arundinacea ) of the Philippine Islands and adjacent countries, used for thatching.
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- noun Any of several perennial
rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata, especially Imperata cylindrica.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In its place has grown a tough grass called cogon.
Why We Must Learn to Love Weeds Richard Mabey 2011
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At present the tamaraw is found primarily in remote areas that have been partly cleared, largely by fire, so that only small pockets of trees remain among coarse grasses such as Imperata cylindrica (a widespread, unpalatable tropical weed commonly called cogon, kunai, alang alang, lalang, or blady grass), and "tahalib" (Saccharum spontaneum).
6 Wild Banteng 1983
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Cogon grass seems a useless parasite on the bosom of old Mother Earth, and yet it presents a compensation in its gorgeous white bloom, for, like the poppy, the cogon is a show-piece of nature, and she flaunts it in places where beauty is needed, too.
Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box 1909
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I classify them right up there with feral hogs and cogon grass as invasive and harmful species.
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Mississippi Forestry Commission A wanted poster, from Mississippi, for cogon grass.
Why We Must Learn to Love Weeds Richard Mabey 2011
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I classify them right up there with feral hogs and cogon grass as invasive and harmful species.
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The bulk of the remainder are aggressive grasses from the tropics, including cogon at number seven, and coco grass at number one, officially recognized as "the world's worst weed."
Why We Must Learn to Love Weeds Richard Mabey 2011
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The invasive plant that scares me the worst is cogon grass which is truly "The Weed From Hell".
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The invasive plant that scares me the worst is cogon grass which is truly "The Weed From Hell".
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And Filipinos with our ningas-cogon tendencies, like our entertainment fast and light, have suitably short attention span.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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