rosha grass

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rosha grass (usually uncountable, plural rosha grasses)

  1. A rose-scented grass used in perfume (Cymbopogon martinii).
    • 1889, The Indian Forester‎[1], volume 15, page 379:
      I believe that attention paid to the cultivation of Rosha grass would prove remunerative — there are many of these articles of minor forest produce, only awaiting exploitation: the gradual increase in the use of the bark of the "tarwad" (Cassia auriculata) is a case in point.

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