sweet grass
Sacred braided herb
Sweet grass is a fragrant North American grass with a vanilla-like scent, traditionally used by Indigenous peoples in ceremonies, basket weaving, and as incense.
The dried blades are often braided and burned for smudging rituals, believed to attract positive spirits and cleanse spaces: The sweet grass braid hung by the doorway.
Also spelled sweetgrass.
- sweetgrassFragrant ceremonial sedge
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- braidInterwoven strand pattern
- smudgeUnclear dirty mark
- smudge stickBundled herbs for cleansing smoke
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sweet grassbitter herbs
Sharp-tasting ritual greens
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sweet grasssage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
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sweet grasscrabgrass
Invasive lawn weed
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