bunny grass

English

Lagurus ovatus (hare's tail)

Noun

bunny grass (uncountable)

1. Any of species of genus Lagurus of ornamental grasses.

   Synonyms: hare's tail grass, harestail grass, bunny tail, hare's tail, bunnytail, bunnies' tails, hare's foot, hare's-tail, rabbit-tail grass

   • 2010 July 3, Jill Ellis-Worthington, “Sitting pretty”, in London Free Press:

     Other grasses include bunny grass and variegated varieties.

   • 2014, Ailsa Fabian, A Shining Space: A Daughter's Life, →ISBN, page 93:

     In the large neglected garden, formal paths outlined with white stones were overgrown with bunny-grass.

   • 2015 November 27, Ken Lain, “Gardening with Evergreens & Conifers”, in Prescott News:

     Dwarf fountain grass, bunny grass, and deer grass are beautiful, hardy companions to the conifer garden.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Synonym of wood sorrel.
3. Synonym of Easter grass.
   • 2009, D. J. Desai, Dory's "Oh My God!" Stories, →ISBN, page 137:

     The grass was so green that it looked like the artificial Easter bunny grass that Dory had bought each year to fill her children's baskets with.

   • 2013, Nancy C. Townley, Stephanie Davis, Altars for Everyone: Worship Designs on Any Budget, →ISBN, page 73:

     Using cellophane bunny grass, particularly the iridescent kind, is an effective way to give the impression of splashing water.

   • 2017, Patricia Altschul, Deborah Davis, The Art of Southern Charm, →ISBN:

     I pile mounds of bunny grass—the kind you put in Easter baskets—and top them with papiermâché rabbits.

References

• “bunny grass”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Lagurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lagurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lagurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons