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

Examples of sweetgrass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Wabanaki peoples are renowned for their baskets, often woven from strips of brown ash trees and gathered sweetgrass. —

Kate Olson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024 Corey Alston, owner of Sweetgrass Baskets by Corey Alston is a fifth-generation sweetgrass weaver. —

Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 19 June 2024 Wooden match or lighter How: Fill a shell, which represents the water element, with a sacred plant—the earth element—like sage, sweetgrass, tobacco, or cedar. —

Zayda Rivera, Parents, 29 May 2024 All materials — from marble, to sweetgrass, to pixels — have equal potential. —

Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sweetgrass

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