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bison grass

bison grass noun: hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens), an aromatic herb native to North America and Eurasia, so called principally when used to flavor a Polish vodka.

Noun

bison grass (uncountable)

  1. Hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens), an aromatic herb native to North America and Eurasia, so called principally when used to flavor a Polish vodka.
    Synonyms:
    vanilla grass, sweetgrass

Synonyms of bison grass

Origin of bison grass

Calque of Polish (trawa) żubrówka.

Questions about bison grass

What does bison grass mean?
Bison grass means hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens), an aromatic herb native to North America and Eurasia, so called principally when used to flavor a Polish vodka.
What part of speech is bison grass?
Bison grass is a noun.

Words near bison grass in the dictionary

  1. bisolitonic
  2. bisolitons
  3. bisom
  4. bisoms
  5. bison
  6. bison grass
  7. bisonant
  8. bisoness
  9. Bisono
  10. bisonoric
  11. Bisonos

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