Longgrass
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Longgrass is a noun meaning Grasses that have been allowed to grow very high or that are from a species that grows very high.
Meaning
Grasses that have been allowed to grow very high or that are from a species that grows very high.
More Meanings
- (colloquial) An area around Darwin, Australia populated by homeless indigenous people.
Example Sentences
He had finished long hours of grueling exercise cutting longgrass by hand.
She found him lying in the longgrass of the meadow, staring at the night sky filled with the flickering brightness of ten thousand souls.
Stella had spent many hours sitting with and acting in support of Indigenous families living in the "longgrass" around the urban centre of Darwin.
There has been no detailed analysis of statistics regarding the particular impact of 'quality of life' laws on longgrass people living in and around Darwin.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tallgrass, windgrass, switchgrass, aftergrass, wind-grass, grassweed.
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