Grass-grown

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered with or overgrown with grass.

    "Then came the Great War, the Irish troubles, and the diversion of most of the American traffic to Southampton; the new construction was promptly dropped, and only grass-grown earthworks and cuttings now remain."

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"I resisted all pressure to stay for lunch, and I set off at once upon my return journey, taking the grass-grown path by which we had come."

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