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ribbon grass en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Any of various grasses with light and dark stripes running the length of the leaves, especially Phalaris arundinacea; common in horticulture as an ornamental plant.
    • Mitchell, Flinders and ribbon grasses, with occasional patches of spindle grass amongst which stood up the sweetly edible grey mimosa bush. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 45: