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Feathertop

noun
1.
Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles.  Synonyms: feathertop grass, Pennistum villosum.
2.
A variety of reed grass.  Synonyms: Calamagrostis acutiflora, feather reed grass.



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"Feathertop" Quotes from Famous Books



... and the reader is conscious of its lesson only when he has finished the narrative. It usually personifies or gives concrete form to the various virtues and vices of men. Examples: Hawthorne's "The Birthmark," "Rappaccini's Daughter," and "Feathertop." Allegories which deserve the name are sometimes found in ...
— Short Story Writing - A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story • Charles Raymond Barrett

... story never gazed more fondly at her "Feathertop" than Samuel now gazed at Abraham puffing away on his pipe; but he determined that Abraham's fate should not be as poor "Feathertop's." Abe must remain ...
— Old Lady Number 31 • Louise Forsslund



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