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Definition of "goose-grass" [goose-grass]

  • The annual spear grass (Poa annua). (noun)
  • A low-growing perennial (Potentilla anserina) having leaves silvery beneath; foundin Northern U. S., Europe, and Asia. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "goose-grass" in a sentence
  • "She plucked the goose-grass buttons from her dress in a nervous, desperate fashion."
  • "It was none too clean, I cleansed it for him, and dressed it with some of your goose-grass unguent."
  • "Brother Cadfael walked across to the guest hall before Compline, and took with him not only a pot of his goose-grass salve for Hugh Beringar's numerous minor grazes, but also Giles Siward's dagger, with its topaz finial carefully restored."