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finger grass

noun

  1. any of various grasses of the genus Chloris, having several narrow spikes in a terminal cluster.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of finger grass1

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
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On a wagon ride from the Pittsfield train station, Melville scribbled the names of all the grasses he knew: redtop, ribbon grass, finger grass, orchard grass, hair grass.

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