sweetgrass
noun
sweet·grass
ˈswēt-ˌgras 
: a slender fragrant perennial grass (Hierochloe odorata) that typically grows in moist soils and is used especially in basketry
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Grandmother knows the best places to pick sweetgrass.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Wabanaki peoples are renowned for their baskets, often woven from strips of brown ash trees and gathered sweetgrass.
—Kate Olson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
Corey Alston, owner of Sweetgrass Baskets by Corey Alston is a fifth-generation sweetgrass weaver.
—Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 19 June 2024
Wooden match or lighter How: Fill a shell, which represents the water element, with a sacred plant—the earth element—like sage, sweetgrass, tobacco, or cedar.
—Zayda Rivera, Parents, 29 May 2024
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Wabanaki peoples are renowned for their baskets, often woven from strips of brown ash trees and gathered sweetgrass.
—Kate Olson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
Corey Alston, owner of Sweetgrass Baskets by Corey Alston is a fifth-generation sweetgrass weaver.
—Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 19 June 2024
Wooden match or lighter How: Fill a shell, which represents the water element, with a sacred plant—the earth element—like sage, sweetgrass, tobacco, or cedar.
—Zayda Rivera, Parents, 29 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for sweetgrass
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“Sweetgrass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweetgrass. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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