Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A grass (Cortaderia selloana) of southern South America, having silvery plumes and growing in large clumps more than three meters (ten feet) tall.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fine ornamental grass, Gynerium argenteum, introduced from the La Plata region. Its ample silvery-silky panicles are borne on stalks from 6 to 12 feet high.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) a very tall ornamental grass (Gynerium argenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America.
WordNet 3.0
- n. tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps
Etymologies
- After the Pampas . (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Miss Pork’s voice was audible to them now, although she was out of their sight hidden by a pedestal supporting a brass pot which had pampas grass sprouting from it, but they could see Johnny and the woman beside him.”
“It is one of those little independent republics you find hidden away up and down the Thames, full of brightly painted hutments among the willows and pampas grass with their names tacked up on boards.”
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Grasses
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (P)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
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treeseed Cortaderia selloana, commonly known as Pampas Grass or Uruguayan Pampas Grass, is a tall grass native to southern South America, including the pampas after which it is named, and Patagonia.
Pampas grass is a tall grass, growing in dense tussocks that can reach a height of 3 m. The leaves are evergreen, long and slender, 1–2 m long and 1 cm broad, and have very sharp edges (so they should be handled with care). The leaves are usually bluish-green, but can be silvery grey. The flowers are produced in a dense white panicle 20–40 cm long on a 2–3 m tall stem.
_Wikipedia Feb 17, 2008