tall-grass
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3.9
- noun
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hierba alta
- The field has not yet been mowed, and it is filled with tall grasses and Queen Anne's lace.
- tall-grass prairie
I've dealt with silt silt and I've dealt with tall grass.
- I've dealt with silt silt and I've dealt with tall grass.
Examples
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When Lantanna got to the meadow, she walked into the tall grass and lay down.
Fiction book (1999) -
Wildebeests share the tall grasses of Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve with zebras.
Academic text (2006) -
And then... I was standing in this tall grass looking down at my own body.
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A path had been cut through tall grass just behind the bay beach, and he followed it south.
Fiction book (1991) -
Head for the tall grass, as they say in Texas.
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Better to see predators in tall grass, my dear.
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I'm walking up the path... through the tall grass.
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One stood hidden in the tall grass, fixed as a statue, listening for the sound food makes.
Fiction book (1998) -
They hide there in the tall grass.
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The lioness races through the tall grass, legs stretching in the air in bounding leaps.
Synonyms
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Grass that grows very tall in moist prairies
A tall grass used to make brooms
How Tall
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tall-grass is made from the simple words tall and grass, so it literally means 'grass that grows high'. Picture a wet meadow or prairie where the green blades reach above your knees — that image explains why tall-grass refers to grass species that grow especially tall in rich, moist places.