snowgrass

plural snowgrasses · alternative snow grass

1. tough clumps of mountain grass that are covered in snow part of the year
2. AustraliaAny of various grasses of high-country areas of southeastern Australia (including Tasmania), especially perennials of the genus Poa.First known use 19th c.

   But there are few dry twigs or leaves to be found, and so he gathers a clump of snow grass and with his cigarette lighter he singes this grass, holding it close to him so that he can absorb its scent.

   1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 30