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Definition of Squaw grass

1. Noun. Plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squaw Grass

Literary usage of Squaw grass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"This squaw grass of the Hupa and Shasta Indians seems to be identical with the bear grass of Lewis and Clark. The conventional representation of the canoe ..."

2. The Drums in Our Street: A Book of War Poems by Mary Carolyn Davies (1918)
"And now I'm here — Far from whisk of chipmunk or rush of furry gray-squirrel, Chinquapin and squaw grass are a half a world away! ..."

3. The Drums in Our Street: A Book of War Poems by Mary Carolyn Davies (1918)
"And now I'm here — Far from whisk of chipmunk or rush of furry gray-squirrel, Chinquapin and squaw grass are a half a world away! ..."

4. Ka-mi-akin, the Last Hero of the Yakimas by A. J. Splawn (1917)
"The squaw grass is also gathered ; it grows only on the east side of the Cascades : the leaves are split, then dyed. For yellow, they simply soak them in ..."

5. The Story of a Mother-love by Annette Fitch-Brewer (1913)
"The squaw grass or Mountain Lily is used by the Indians in making baskets. The " Avalanche Lily " grows right up from the snow. ..."

6. Useful wild plants of the United States and Canada by Charles Francis Saunders (1920)
"Another pinole grass is Elymus triticoides, Buckl., locally known as "wild wheat" and "squaw grass." It is a tall, slim grass with usually glaucous stems, ..."

7. Indian Basketry by George Wharton James (1903)
"... which is commonly called "squaw's grass." It grows on the east side of the Cascade Mountains, and can only be gathered during the late summer, ..."

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