sweetgrass
noun
sweet·grass
ˈswēt-ˌgras 
: a slender fragrant perennial grass (Hierochloe odorata) that typically grows in moist soils and is used especially in basketry
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The ceremonial fire, circled by cedar boughs, opened to the east where guests entered to offer prayer by sprinkling tobacco, sage, white cedar and sweetgrass to be burned.
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Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Grand Marais is also home to the storied North House Folk School, where visitors sign up for intensive multi-day workshops in timber framing, sweetgrass basketry, open-fire Viking cooking, and more.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
Tea offerings include strawberry basil, vanilla sweetgrass and sweet sage.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
Every few steps, sweetgrass baskets meet haute couture, and garden gates open into shaded courtyards humming with conversation.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2025
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Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Grand Marais is also home to the storied North House Folk School, where visitors sign up for intensive multi-day workshops in timber framing, sweetgrass basketry, open-fire Viking cooking, and more.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
Tea offerings include strawberry basil, vanilla sweetgrass and sweet sage.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
Every few steps, sweetgrass baskets meet haute couture, and garden gates open into shaded courtyards humming with conversation.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2025
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“Sweetgrass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweetgrass. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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