'Slough grass' definitions:

Definition of 'slough grass'

(from WordNet)
noun
North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns [syn: prairie cordgrass, freshwater cordgrass, slough grass, Spartina pectinmata]

Definition of 'Slough grass'

From: GCIDE
  • Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl[=o]h a hollow place; cf. MHG. sl[=u]ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. ????? to hiccough, to sob.]
  • 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • He's here stuck in a slough. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [Pronounced sl[=oo].] A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
  • Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt sloo, and slue.] [1913 Webster]
  • Slough grass (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; -- called also {drop seed}, and nimble Will. [1913 Webster]