Wiry

·adj Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.

II. Wiry ·adj Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.

wiry-grass
and Wiry-grass See grass. 1883. E. M. Curr, `Recollections of Squatting in Victoria'(1841-1851), p...

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