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81para grass — noun Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: from Pará, state and city in Brazil 1. : a perennial pasture and green forage grass (Panicum purpurascens) grown in tropical countries and especially suited to soils too wet for other crops 2. :… …
82plume-grass — plumeˈ grass noun A tall grass (genus Erianthus) related to sugar cane, with great silky panicles, grown for ornament • • • Main Entry: ↑plume …
83John|son grass — «JON suhn», a tall perennial grass, a variety of sorghum, grown in the southern United States for pasture and hay. ╂[American English < William Johnson, an Alabama planter, who introduced it about 1840] …
84Swine grass — Swine Swine, n. sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. sw[=i]n; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. sw[=i]n, Icel. sv[=i]n, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See {Sow}, n.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any… …
85Tiger grass — Tiger Ti ger, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti gris; probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. t[=i]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v. t.; probably so named from its quickness.] 1. A very large and powerful …
86orchard grass — noun Date: 1765 a widely grown tall stout hay and pasture grass (Dactylis glomerata) of Eurasia that grows in tufts and has loose open panicles called also cocksfoot …
87pampas grass — noun Date: circa 1851 a South American grass (Cortaderia selloana) often grown for ornament that has showy white panicles borne on tall stems …
88Sudan grass — noun Etymology: the Sudan, region in Africa Date: 1911 a vigorous tall growing annual sorghum grass (Sorghum sudanense syn. S. vulgare sudanense) widely grown for hay and fodder …
89Bahia grass — /beuh hee euh/ a grass, Paspalum notatum, of tropical America, grown in the southern United States for lawns and pasturage. [1925 30; after BAHIA (state)] * * * …
90bird grass — 1. a grass, Poa trivialis, grown in temperate regions of North America largely for lawns and turf. 2. the knotgrass, Polygonum aviculare. [1775 85, Amer.] * * * …
