camel grass

noun

a grass, Cymbopogon schoenanthus, of southern Asia and northern Africa, having fragrant foliage.

First recorded in 1875–80

A scanty growth of what looked like camel grass, interspersed euphorbias and cactuses of great height, was all that met the eye.

The surface is occasionally varied by low hummocks and mounds, and is dotted at intervals by tufts of scrub, called "camel grass."

Here and there a little straggling sage-green tuft of camel-grass sprouted up between the stones.

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