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Definition of Poverty grass
1. Noun. Small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America.
Group relationships: Genus Hudsonia, Hudsonia
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poverty Grass
Literary usage of Poverty grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"This upland also produced cladonia lichens, poverty-grass, savory-leaved aster
... In summer, if the poverty-grass grows at the head of a Hollow looking ..."
2. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"Its name of "poverty grass" fits it well, for its presence seems to be a sure
indication of poverty of soil. The grass itself is dry and tasteless, ..."
3. Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau (1908)
"In some parts the two species of poverty-grass (Hudsonia tomentosa and eri- ...
In summer, if the poverty-grass grows at the head of a Hollow looking toward ..."
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