buffalo grass

noun

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

2. St. Augustine grass.

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

buffalo grass

noun

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of buffalo grass¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85