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bunny grass

bunny grass noun: any of the species in the genus Lagurus of ornamental grasses.

bunny grass: any of the species in the genus Lagurus of ornamental grasses
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Noun

bunny grass (uncountable)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    hare's tail grass, harestail grass, bunny tail, hare's tail, bunnytail, bunnies' tails, hare's foot, hare's-tail, rabbit-tail grass
  2. Synonym of wood sorrel.
    Synonyms:
    wood sorrel
  3. 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
    Synonyms:
    Easter grass

Examples of bunny grass in a sentence

  • 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:
  • 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 of bunny grass

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Questions about bunny grass

What does bunny grass mean?
Bunny grass means any of the species in the genus Lagurus of ornamental grasses.
How do you use bunny grass in a sentence?
Dwarf fountain grass, bunny grass, and deer grass are beautiful, hardy companions to the conifer garden.
What part of speech is bunny grass?
Bunny grass is a noun.

Words near bunny grass in the dictionary

  1. bunny ear cactus
  2. bunny ears
  3. bunny ears cactus
  4. bunny girl
  5. bunny girls
  6. bunny grass
  7. bunny hill
  8. bunny hills
  9. bunny hop
  10. bunny hopped
  11. bunny hopper

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