cusa grass

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Noun

cusa grass (uncountable)

  1. Desmostachya bipinnata
    • 1804, chapter VII, in Collectanea de rebus hibernicis‎, volume 6, page 238:
      Sir W. Jones and Mr. Wilford inform us, that Cusa grass is of the genus named Poa by Linnaeus: that the brahmins say this grass derived its sanctity and appellation from Cush, the progenitor of a great Indian family; and some say it grew round the body of Cush himself, or of his son Cusicha, when performing his Tapasya, or act of austere devotion.
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