pampas grass — n [U] a type of tall grass with silver white feathery flowers … Dictionary of contemporary English
pampas grass — ► NOUN ▪ a tall South American grass with silky flowering plumes … English terms dictionary
pampas grass — [pam′pəs] n. a giant South American grass (Cortaderia selloana) cultivated for use as an ornamental and for its large, plumelike, silvery or pinkish panicles used in bouquets … English World dictionary
pampas grass — pampas ,grass noun uncount a plant with very tall stems and long white flowers that look like feathers … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pampas grass — noun tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps • Syn: ↑Cortaderia selloana • Hypernyms: ↑grass • Member Holonyms: ↑Cortaderia, ↑genus Cortaderia * * * ˈpampas grass f … Useful english dictionary
pampas grass — a tall, ornamental grass, Cortaderia selloana, native to South America, having large, thick, feathery, silvery white panicles. [1840 50] * * * ▪ plant (Cortaderia selloana), one of more than 20 species of tall, reedlike Central and South… … Universalium
pampas grass — argentininė kortaderija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Miglinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Cortaderia selloana), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cortaderia selloana angl. pampas grass; pampasgrass vok. Pampasgras rus.… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
pampas grass — pam′pas grass n. pln a tall, ornamental grass, Cortaderia selloana, native to South America, having feathery, silvery white panicles … From formal English to slang
pampas grass — noun Date: circa 1851 a South American grass (Cortaderia selloana) often grown for ornament that has showy white panicles borne on tall stems … New Collegiate Dictionary
pampas grass — noun a tall South American grass with silky flowering plumes. [Cortaderia selloana.] … English new terms dictionary
