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feather grass

American  

noun

  1. any American grass of the genus Stipa, having a feathery appendage.

feather grass British  

noun

  1. a perennial grass, Stipa pennata, native to the steppes of Europe and N Asia, cultivated as an ornament for its feathery inflorescence

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Etymology

Origin of feather grass

First recorded in 1770–80

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