cusa grass

noun

noun

Desmostachya bipinnata

Sir W. Jones and Mr. Wilford inform us, that Cusa grass is of the genus named Poa by Linnaeus: that the brahmins say this grass derived its sanctity and appellation from Cush, the progenitor of a great Indian family; and some say it grew round the body of Cush himself, or of his son Cusicha, when performing his Tapasya, or act of austere devotion.1804, chapter VII, in Collectanea de rebus hibernicis, volume 6, page 238:

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