poverty grass

noun

1

: any of several slender grasses: such as

a

: an erect American grass (Aristida dichotoma) with dichotomously branched culms found in dry sandy soil

b

: an oat grass (Danthonia spicata)

2

: beach heather

3

: broom crowberry

4

: rabbit-foot clover

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