feather grass

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feather grass

Any of various grasses of the genus Stipa, having clusters of featherlike spikelets. Also called needle grass, spear grass.

feather grass

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a perennial grass, Stipa pennata, native to the steppes of Europe and N Asia, cultivated as an ornament for its feathery inflorescence

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