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 pam·pas grass /-pəz, pəs-/

 Pam·pas n. pl.  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 Zool., 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 Zool., 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.
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 pampas grass
      n : tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having
          silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps [syn: Cortaderia
          selloana]