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Nov 30, 2009
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canar'y grass"




any of various grasses of the genus Phalaris, as P. canariensis, native to the Canary Islands, bearing seed used as food for cage birds, or P. arundinacea (reed canary grass), used throughout the Northern Hemisphere as fodder.

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canarybird flowerCanary Islands
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