reed canary grass

noun

See under canary grass.

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Origin:
1750–60

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noun

any of various grasses of the genus Phalaris, as P. canariensis, native to the canary Islands, bearing seed used as food for cage birds, or P. arundinacea (reed canary grass), used throughout the Northern Hemisphere as fodder.

Origin:
1660–70

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reed canary grass
noun
perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America

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