snowgrass
nounEtymology From snow + grass.
1
tough clumps of mountain grass that are covered in snow part of the year
2
Australia Any of various grasses of high-country areas of southeastern Australia (including Tasmania), especially perennials of the genus Poa.
- But there are few dry twigs or leaves to be found, and so he gathers a clump of snow grass and with his cigarette lighter he singes this grass, holding it close to him so that he can absorb its scent.1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 30