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  • noun Plural form of tallgrass.

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Examples

  • 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.

    AR Follies Continued: "Conger Cuddling" 2006

  • 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

  • Switchgrass, scientifically called Panicum virgatum, is a warm season perennial grass that is part of the larger group of North American tallgrasses.

    iTWire - Latest Headlines 2008

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