DCHP-3

deer-grass

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

meadow beauty, Rhexia sp.

Quotations

1832
The deer resort hither in great herds for the sake of a peculiar tall sort of grass with which these plains abound, called deer-grass, on which they become exceedingly fat at certain seasons of the year.
1852
Twined among the tall stalks of the deer-grass . . . we find vetches of all the most delicate hues. . . .