n.
〈植〉蒲苇

[ noun ]
tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps
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Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.]
Vast grass-covered plains in the central and southern part of
the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is
sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains east of the
Andes extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.

{Pampas cat} (Zo["o]l.), a South American wild cat ({Felis
pajeros}). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or
brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also
{straw cat}.

{Pampas deer} (Zo["o]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South
American deer ({Cervus campestris} syn. {Blastocerus
campestris}).

{Pampas grass} (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass
({Gynerium argenteum}) with a silvery-white silky panicle.
It is a native of the pampas of South America.