Buffalo grass Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass
    St. Augustine grass; Stenotaphrum secundatum.
  2. noun short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)
    Buchloe dactyloides.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass (Buchloë dactyloides), from two to four inches high, covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons, feed . [U.S.]

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