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noun
a weedy, coarse grass, Echinochloa crus-galli, having a spikelike cluster of flowers.
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Also called barn grass.
Origin of barnyard grass
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Words nearby barnyard grass
Barnum, Barnum, Phineas T., barnwood, barnyard, barnyard golf, barnyard grass, barnyardism, baro-, Barocchio, baroclinic, baroclinity
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How to use barnyard grass in a sentence
Barnyard grass (Panicum crusgalli) behaved like pigweed, and 'needed considerable attention.'