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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of two tall ornamental grasses (Cortaderia selloana or C. jubata) native to South America and naturalized elsewhere, having large feathery inflorescences.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun 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.

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  • noun tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After the Pampas.]

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  • 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.

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    February 18, 2008