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Definition of Sweet grass
1. Noun. Any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor.
Group relationships: Genus Glyceria, Glyceria
Specialized synonyms: Glyceria Grandis, Reed Meadow Grass
Generic synonyms: Meadow Grass, Meadowgrass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet Grass
Literary usage of Sweet grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Another sweet-grass (Asperulo odorata) does not in the least resemble grass,
having whorls of leaves and white flowers like tiny stars in cymes. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"SWEET-GRASS, a name given to certain plants, most of which are fragrant, especially
in drying. ... Another sweet-grass ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"They were obliged to traverse a sandy desert, which, in the extent of seventy
miles, did not afford a single blade of sweet grass nor a single spring of ..."
4. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"The oats or millet prevent the sweet grass from getting a start, and if the brome
grass succeeds in getting a good start it will be very apt to smother the ..."
5. Indian Basketry by George Wharton James (1903)
"Then take two plaits of thickly plaited sweet grass and proceed to web weave.
Now we take three weavers an inch wide and a long plait of extra thick plaited ..."
6. Indian Basketry: And How to Make Indian and Other Baskets by George Wharton James (1903)
"Then take two plaits of thickly plaited sweet grass and proceed to web weave.
Now we take three weavers an inch wide and a long plait of extra thick plaited ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Another sweet-grass (Asperulo odorata) does not in the least resemble grass,
having whorls of leaves and white flowers like tiny stars in cymes. ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"SWEET-GRASS, a name given to certain plants, most of which are fragrant, especially
in drying. ... Another sweet-grass ..."
9. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"They were obliged to traverse a sandy desert, which, in the extent of seventy
miles, did not afford a single blade of sweet grass nor a single spring of ..."
10. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"The oats or millet prevent the sweet grass from getting a start, and if the brome
grass succeeds in getting a good start it will be very apt to smother the ..."
11. Indian Basketry by George Wharton James (1903)
"Then take two plaits of thickly plaited sweet grass and proceed to web weave.
Now we take three weavers an inch wide and a long plait of extra thick plaited ..."
12. Indian Basketry: And How to Make Indian and Other Baskets by George Wharton James (1903)
"Then take two plaits of thickly plaited sweet grass and proceed to web weave.
Now we take three weavers an inch wide and a long plait of extra thick plaited ..."
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