Brazilian Grass, an incorrect popular name applied to a substance used in the manufacture of a very cheap kind of hats, known as Brazilian grass hats, and also as chip hats. It consists of stripes of the leaves of a palm, Chamærops argentea, which are imported into Britain for this manufacture, and chiefly from Cuba. See CHAMÆROPS.
Brazilian Grass
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 407
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