sword grass
noun
any of various grasses or plants having swordlike or sharp leaves, as the sword lily.
Origin of sword grass
First recorded in 1590–1600
Words nearby sword grass
sword bean,
sword belt,
sword cane,
sword dance,
sword fern,
sword grass,
sword knot,
sword lily,
sword of damocles,
sword-bearer,
sword-swallower
Example sentences from the Web for sword grass
The inner part of the isle is covered with a sort of sword-grass, very green, and of a great length.
At their side walked a body-guard of eight hoppers, armed with pistils, and having side-arms of sword-grass.
Japanese Fairy World |William Elliot GriffisAt the end of each foot-stalk is a leaf about the size of a great cabbage-leaf, snipt half round like a sword-grass.
On the oat-grass and the sword-grass, and the bulrush in the pool.
British Dictionary definitions for sword grass
sword grass
noun
any of various grasses and other plants having sword-shaped sharp leaves