slough grass

noun

see 1slough

1

a

: either of two stout annual grasses (genus Beckmannia) with broad light green blades and 1-flowered or 2-flowered spikelets in two rows along one side of the rachis

b

: prairie cordgrass

c

: western wheatgrass sense 1

2

: tussock sedge

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