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cogon

/koh-gohn/US // koʊˈgoʊn //UK // (ˈkəʊɡəʊn) //

咕咚,咕噜咕噜,咕噜噜,咕咕

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a tall, coarse grass, Imperata cylindrica, of the tropics and subtropics, used widely for thatching.

Examples

  • The cogon grass in this river bottom was the tallest I ever saw, some clumps being well over twenty feet high.

  • Then the people gathered together, and took one plate and five leaves of cogon grass and made a ceremony.

  • Here the way was choked with rank cogon grass, growing from eight to twelve feet high.

  • They stopped a moment in consultation; then Pedro slid smoothly through the cogon toward the camp.

  • Then the horse rustled softly through the high cogon, struck the road again below the house, galloped off in sudden clatter.