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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tall and elegant grass, Poa flabellata (Dactylis cæspitosa), a native of the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, and southern Patagonia, delighting in boggy and peaty ground.
  • noun In Australia, a plant of the lily family, Lomandra (Xerotes) longifolia, considered the best native substitute for esparto.
  • noun A tufted grass, Aira cæspitosa. Britten and Holland.

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