Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India. A grass, Spodiopogon angustifolius, extensively used for making string, mats, and paper.
- noun A sedge, Eriophorum comosum, frequently associated and mixed with the preceding and used for the same purposes; also used in the construction of rope bridges. Also called
bhabar grass .
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Examples
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That night they made love on a bed of bhabar grass, the twisting of her hips nearly weaving it into rope.
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Besides, she had established a couple of escape routes that allowed her to ascend above the world of in-laws and bhabar fiber.
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In late summer, she would accompany others of the caste into the streaming hills to chop the fibrous stalks of bhabar grass.
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Almost all the forest remnants are found in the dry bhabar region, which consists of gravelly soil that has eroded from the foothills and is unsuitable for agriculture.
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Acacia auriculiformis Cassia siamea the bhabar terai Nepal
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a half to two inches in diameter, is made wholly by his own hand; the material used is the _bhabar_ grass.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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