Crossword clues for pampas grass
pampas grass
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Vast grass-covered plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains east of the Andes extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.
Pampas cat (Zo["o]l.), a South American wild cat ( Felis pajeros). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also straw cat.
Pampas deer (Zo["o]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer ( Cervus campestris syn. Blastocerus campestris).
Pampas grass (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass ( Gynerium argenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several tall-growing species of grass. 2 # (taxlink Cortaderia selloana species noshow=1), including its cultivars. 3 # (taxlink Cortaderia jubata species noshow=1) ((vern: Andean pampas grass), (vern: purple pampas grass), (vern: English pampas grass), (vern: pink pampas grass)). 4 # Other species of (taxlink Cortaderia genus noshow=1). 5 # (taxlink Saccharum ravennae species noshow=1) (syn. ''Erianthus ravennae'') ((vern: giant woolly-beard grass), (vern: hardy pampas grass), (vern: Ravenna grass), (vern: ekra)).
WordNet
n. tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps [syn: Cortaderia selloana]
Wikipedia
Pampas grass or pampas-grass is a common name which may refer to any of several similar-looking, tall-growing species of grass:
- Species of Cortaderia including:
:* Cortaderia selloana and its selected cultivars
:* Cortaderia jubata (Andean pampas grass, purple pampas grass)
- Erianthus ravennae (syn. Saccharum ravennae) (giant woolly-beard grass, hardy pampas grass, Ravenna grass, ekra)
- Miscanthus sinensis (Japanese pampas grass)
Usage examples of "pampas grass".
Billboards advertising everything from expensive perfumes to machined ball bearings and textile factories were banged into the ground at random, fighting to be seen above pampas grass nearly nine feet tall on each side of the road.
It is a strange pastoral, a harvest procession it looks like, amid scruffs of pampas grass and the dead creeks, the big train shunting in spasms toward worshippers who lay down its way.
As the Sunbane colored the savannah, the pampas grass began to melt.
At the water's edge, the feathery white panicles of the pampas grass caught the curious radiance and glowed like plumes of iridescent gas.
From the press section, the convention floor was, suddenly, colorful as plumes of red, white and blue pampas grass were waved, worn, held.
Autumn and my song are the color Of the last leaves In roots of pampas grass.
The Pampas Grass Vigilante Squad are becoming more brazen in their activities.
Her straight blonde hair is sticking up in places like pampas grass.