cane grass

British  

noun

1. any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps

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Example Sentences

At first, González-Aller tried to redo the place on his own, picking up furniture from the Charf, a low-lying neighborhood where local craftsmen weave cane grass into lampshades, chairs and sideboards.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021

The air became black as night and was filled with cane, grass, and branches of trees.

From The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon by Stratemeyer, Edward

These marshes are overspread with a luxuriant growth of tall reedy cane grass.

From Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Norman, B. M.

Stepped out of the cane grass, not a dozen feet away, and whopped at me.

From South Sea Tales by London, Jack