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- noun Any of several North American grasses that grow in poor or sandy soil.
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- noun small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America
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reesetee commented on the word poverty grass
Any of several grasses of the Danthonia genus that grow in poor or sandy soil. See skipvia's Prairie Grasses.
February 12, 2008