bunny grass en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) Any of the species in the genus Lagurus of ornamental grasses.
Other grasses include bunny grass and variegated varieties.
2010 July 3, Jill Ellis-Worthington, “Sitting pretty”, in London Free Press:In the large neglected garden, formal paths outlined with white stones were overgrown with bunny-grass.
2014, Ailsa Fabian, A Shining Space: A Daughter's Life, →ISBN, page 93:Dwarf fountain grass, bunny grass, and deer grass are beautiful, hardy companions to the conifer garden.
2015 November 27, Ken Lain, “Gardening with Evergreens & Conifers”, in Prescott News:
- (uncountable) Synonym of wood sorrel.
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(uncountable) Synonym of Easter grass.
The grass was so green that it looked like the artificial Easter bunny grass that Dory had bought each year to fill her children's baskets with.
2009, D. J. Desai, Dory's "Oh My God!" Stories, →ISBN, page 137:Using cellophane bunny grass, particularly the iridescent kind, is an effective way to give the impression of splashing water.
2013, Nancy C. Townley, Stephanie Davis, Altars for Everyone: Worship Designs on Any Budget, →ISBN, page 73:I pile mounds of bunny grass—the kind you put in Easter baskets—and top them with papiermâché rabbits.
2017, Patricia Altschul, Deborah Davis, The Art of Southern Charm, →ISBN:
Synonyms
wood sorrel · bunnytail · harestail grass · bunny tail · Easter grass · hare's foot · hare's tail grass · rabbit-tail grass · bunnies' tails · hare's-tail · hare's tail