alkali grass

noun

a plant, Zigadenus elegans, of central and western North America, having tough, wiry, bluish-green leaves and greenish flowers.

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An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

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Examples have not been reviewed.

So Ingram experimented with salt-tolerant grasses, ultimately settling on an alkali grass native to the Bay area.

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