fibrous grass

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a Tasmanian grass(see Grass), Stipa semiibarbata, R. Br., N.O. Gramineae.

1862. W. Archer, `Products of Tasmania,' p. 41:

«Fibrous grass ( Stipa semibarbata, Br.). After the seedhas ripened the upper part of the stem breaks up into fibre,which curls loosely and hangs down waving in the wind.»

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