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hungry grass

hungry grass noun: a patch of cursed or enchanted grass in Irish folklore that causes perpetual and insatiable hunger in a person who accidentally steps on it.

Noun

hungry grass

  1. A patch of cursed or enchanted grass in Irish folklore that causes perpetual and insatiable hunger in a person who accidentally steps on it.

Questions about hungry grass

What does hungry grass mean?
Hungry grass means a patch of cursed or enchanted grass in Irish folklore that causes perpetual and insatiable hunger in a person who accidentally steps on it.
What part of speech is hungry grass?
Hungry grass is a noun.

Words near hungry grass in the dictionary

  1. hungry gap
  2. hungry gaps
  3. hungry ghost
  4. Hungry Ghost Festival
  5. hungry ghosts
  6. hungry grass
  7. hungry like the wolf
  8. hungry rice
  9. Hungry Thirties
  10. Hungryalism
  11. Hungryalist

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