kangaroo grass

noun

1. a tall widespread Australian grass, Themeda australis, which is highly palatable to cattle and is used for fodder

Example Sentences

Amongst the ranges we found kangaroo grass as high as our shoulders, and on the plains the spear grass up to our knees.

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The well-known kangaroo grass (Anthisteria) forms still one of the principal components of the pasture.

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There were four kinds but the cattle appeared to relish most a strong species of anthisteria, or kangaroo grass.

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The plains were covered with anthistirium, or kangaroo grass, which bent under the breeze like a field of oats.

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