buffalo grass


noun
  1. a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, having gray-green blades, prevalent on the dry plains east of the Rocky Mountains.

  1. any of several short, tufted grasses that do not form continuous sod.

Origin of buffalo grass

1
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

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British Dictionary definitions for buffalo grass

buffalo grass

noun
  1. a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, growing on the dry plains of the central US

  2. Australian a grass, Stenotaphrum americanum, introduced from North America

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