Etymology

snowgrass

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Today it means: tough clumps of mountain grass that are covered in snow part of the year Full definition →

First used 19th c.
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The story

From snow + grass.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. Any of various grasses of high-country areas of southeastern Australia (including Tasmania), especially perennials of the genus Poa.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.