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nigger wool
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a coarse grass or sedge, Carex filifolia, of the prairies, used widely in mulching to combat soil erosion.
See: prairie wool
Quotations
1952
The characteristic species of the short grass are: June grass . . . blue grama . . . nigger wool. . . .