barnyard grass

barnyard grass
a weedy, coarse grass, Echinochloa crus-galli, having a spikelike cluster of flowers. Also called barn grass.
[1835-45, Amer.]

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 (Echinochloa crus-galli), coarse annual grass of the family Poaceae (Gramineae) and one of about 20 species comprising the genus Echinochloa. The common name also applies to a similar species, E. muricata, not considered a separate species by some authorities.

      Barnyard grass is distributed throughout much of North America as a weed in moist cultivated and waste areas. It has been variously known as barn grass and barnyard millet.

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