freedom lawn
n.— «She is against cultivating a green shag rug through the aid of chemicals, advocating instead something the lawn industry calls a Freedom Lawn: “a delicately balanced mixture of whatever can grow in any particular spot and doesn’t mind getting whacked by the mower every couple of weeks.”» —“Many denizens roam the backyard jungle” by Laura Wexler Charlotte Observer (N.C.) Apr. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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