pampas grass

noun

Cortaderia selloana, including its cultivars.

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Cortaderia selloana

Meanings

nounpampas grass (countable and uncountable, plural pampas grasses)

plural pampas grasses

  1. Any of several species of tall-growing grass:
    1. countableuncountableCortaderia selloana, including its cultivars.
    2. countableuncountableCortaderia jubata (Andean pampas grass, purple pampas grass, English pampas grass, pink pampas grass).
    3. countableuncountableOther species of Cortaderia.
    4. countableuncountableSaccharum ravennae (syn. Erianthus ravennae) (giant woolly-beard grass, hardy pampas grass, Ravenna grass, ekra).
    5. countableuncountableMiscanthus sinensis (maiden silvergrass, maiden grass, Chinese silver grass, Korean uksae, susuki grass, Japanese pampas grass, Eulalia grass, zebra grass)

Synonyms & antonyms

nountall perennial grass of Pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps

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Cortaderia selloana
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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