Found 2 items, similar to pampas grass.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pampas grass pampas grass n : tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps [syn: Cortaderia selloana ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pampas grass Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Vast grass-covered plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains east of the Andes extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia. [1913 Webster] Pampas cat (Zo["o]l.), a South American wild cat (Felis pajeros ). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also straw cat. Pampas deer (Zo["o]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer (Cervus campestris syn. Blastocerus campestris ). Pampas grass (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass (Gynerium argenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America. [1913 Webster]