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noun
Any of several species of tall-growing grass:
Cortaderia selloana, including its cultivars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several species of tall-growing grass:
Cortaderia jubata (Andean pampas grass, purple pampas grass, English pampas grass, pink pampas grass).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several species of tall-growing grass:
Other species of Cortaderia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several species of tall-growing grass:
Saccharum ravennae (syn. Erianthus ravennae) (giant woolly-beard grass, hardy pampas grass, Ravenna grass, ekra).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several species of tall-growing grass:
Miscanthus sinensis (maiden silvergrass, maiden grass, Chinese silver grass, Korean uksae, susuki grass, Japanese pampas grass, Eulalia grass, zebra grass)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Cortaderia selloana
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Broader terms: grass
History
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