boulevard strip

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boulevard strip

n. Upper Midwest

The grass strip, often planted with shade trees, between a sidewalk and a street.

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Is that simple strip of grass between the street and the sidewalk a berm, boulevard, boulevard strip, city strip, devil strip, green belt.