Rattlesnake grass

(Bot.) a handsome American grass (Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.

See also: Rattlesnake

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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