pampas

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On the pampas they may have been equally valued for their relatively fatty meat.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

“Fall is the perfect time to scavenge for materials to use in your décor — pampas grass, pine cones, acorns, bittersweet, pussy willows, branches of leaves, dried hydrangeas, and whatever else you can find.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023

He pointed to a cavernous undercut that likely destabilized the bluff and noted the clusters of pampas grass, a fluffy, straw-colored weed that wedges its roots into the rocky cracks and joints.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Outside the city, on the broad and dusty plain of the pampas, is the landscape that provides the country its power.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022

For instance, Native American societies became renowned for their mastery of horses, and in some cases of cattle and sheepherding, in parts of the Great Plains, the western United States, and the Argentine pampas.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond