[brought by seeds blown in by a hurricane? ] n. a sedge, Fimbristylis spathecea: 1920 Soon after the hurricane of August 13, 1899 this sedge appeared in clearings and had soon spread as a troublesome weed through cultivated lands, killing out pasture grasses in places; it had therefore come to be called there "Hurricane grass" (Britton 51). (Exuma, Inagua)