Definition of quaking grass
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: any of several grasses of the genus Briza having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets that quake and rattle in the wind
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“Quaking grass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quaking%20grass. Accessed 28 Feb. 2021.
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