silvergrass

plural silvergrasses · alternative silver grass

1. A grass, Miscanthus sinensis, that has silvery plumes
2. AustraliaAny of various annual or perennial grasses of the family Poaceae, including Aristida contorta (mulga grass) and the introduced European Vulpia bromoides.

   At the back, under a squeaky wind-pump, there was a dead Chevrolet with silver-grass growing up through it.

   1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 79