water ribbons

noun

An aquatic plant, Triglochin procera, of southeastern Australia.

First used 20th c.
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nounwater ribbons pl (plural only)
  1. Australiapluralplural onlyAn aquatic plant, Triglochin procera, of southeastern Australia.First known use 20th c.

    We wade through the delicate water, the moon spilling on our colourless bodies. Brolgas ruffling their wings against water ribbons, making the muddy bath flinch in coiling waves.

    2006, Tara June Winch, Swallow the Air, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 241
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    The whole marsh was densely clothed with reeds (Juncus spp.), water-ribbons, (Triglochin procera) and blown grass (Agrostis avenacea), the bed was sticky clay, and the burrows of freshwater crayfish gave each step interesting possibilities.

    1956, The Emu, volume 57, page 343
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