sweetgrass
noun
sweet·grass
ˈswēt-ˌgras 
: a slender fragrant perennial grass (Hierochloe odorata) that typically grows in moist soils and is used especially in basketry
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Wabanaki peoples are renowned for their baskets, often woven from strips of brown ash trees and gathered sweetgrass.
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Kate Olson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
Corey Alston, owner of Sweetgrass Baskets by Corey Alston is a fifth-generation sweetgrass weaver.
—Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 19 June 2024
Wooden match or lighter How: Fill a shell, which represents the water element, with a sacred plant—the earth element—like sage, sweetgrass, tobacco, or cedar.
—Zayda Rivera, Parents, 29 May 2024
All materials — from marble, to sweetgrass, to pixels — have equal potential.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Moreover, of the 31-member cabinet, 16 chose not to be sworn in by religious oath—including Carolyn Bennett, the minister for indigenous and northern affairs, who took her oath holding an eagle feather and a tuft of sweetgrass.
—Adam Rasmi, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2015
Make sure to cleanse the altar with sage or sweetgrass.
—Nena Farrell, Sunset Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
Along the marsh edge, look for sweetgrass, which shows off brilliant purple and creamy white plumes when days shorten.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
Nearby, an elderly member of South Carolina’s Gullah Geechee people — descendants of Africans who were forced to labor on plantations along the Atlantic Coast — was busy weaving a traditional hat out of sweetgrass.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
Kate Olson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
Corey Alston, owner of Sweetgrass Baskets by Corey Alston is a fifth-generation sweetgrass weaver.
—Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 19 June 2024
Wooden match or lighter How: Fill a shell, which represents the water element, with a sacred plant—the earth element—like sage, sweetgrass, tobacco, or cedar.
—Zayda Rivera, Parents, 29 May 2024
All materials — from marble, to sweetgrass, to pixels — have equal potential.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Moreover, of the 31-member cabinet, 16 chose not to be sworn in by religious oath—including Carolyn Bennett, the minister for indigenous and northern affairs, who took her oath holding an eagle feather and a tuft of sweetgrass.
—Adam Rasmi, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2015
Make sure to cleanse the altar with sage or sweetgrass.
—Nena Farrell, Sunset Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
Along the marsh edge, look for sweetgrass, which shows off brilliant purple and creamy white plumes when days shorten.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
Nearby, an elderly member of South Carolina’s Gullah Geechee people — descendants of Africans who were forced to labor on plantations along the Atlantic Coast — was busy weaving a traditional hat out of sweetgrass.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
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“Sweetgrass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweetgrass. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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