holy grass

English

Etymology

It was traditionally sometimes strewn on the floors of churches on festival days.

Noun

holy grass (usually uncountable, plural holy grasses)

  1. Hierochloe odorata (syn. Anthoxanthum nitens), fragrant grass native to northern Eurasia and North America.
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