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Ravenna grass

noun

grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass

• Syn: ↑wool grass, ↑Erianthus ravennae

• Hypernyms: ↑plume grass

• Member Holonyms: ↑Erianthus, ↑genus Erianthus

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\\rəˈvenə-\ noun

Usage: usually capitalized R

Etymology: from Ravenna, province and commune in northern Italy

: a grass (Erianthus ravennae) that is often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass — called also plume grass, wool grass

Useful english dictionary. 2012.