pampas grass : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pampas grass	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pampas grass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pampas grass n tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps Synonym(s): pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia. {Pampas cat} (Zo[94]l.), a South American wild cat ({Felis pajeros}). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also {straw cat}. {Pampas deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer ({Cervus, [or] Blastocerus, campestris}). {Pampas grass} (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass ({Gynerium argenteum}) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America.