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- noun Plural form of
tallgrass .
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Examples
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But I make sure that the leftovers -- heads, guts, bones -- end up in my prairie garden where they can feed the tallgrasses and flowers, not in the trash.
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The prairie chicken was never very common in Illinois before white settlement began -- many stands of big bluestem and other common tallgrasses were so high and dense that they were largely impenetrable to the birds.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Switchgrass, scientifically called Panicum virgatum, is a warm season perennial grass that is part of the larger group of North American tallgrasses.
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