buffalo grass

noun

a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, having gray-green blades, prevalent on the dry plains east of the Rocky Mountains.
St. Augustine grass.
any of several short, tufted grasses that do not form continuous sod.

Origin of buffalo grass

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

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Historical Examples of buffalo grass

She toddled about unsteadily upon the thick mat of buffalo-grass.
Red Hunters And the Animal People
Charles A. Eastman
It was a miniature paradise in the midst of a desert of sage-brush and buffalo-grass.
Last of the Great Scouts
Helen Cody Wetmore
Our road was generally over level uplands bordering the river, which were closely covered with a sward of buffalo-grass.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California
Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
They generally prefer the seed of the buffalo-grass, a kind of grass that grows plentifully in Texas.
Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880
Various
This is the "grama" or "buffalo-grass," and, despite its look of utter desiccation, is highly nutritious.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864
Various

British Dictionary definitions for buffalo grass

buffalo grass

noun

a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, growing on the dry plains of the central US
Australian a grass, Stenotaphrum americanum, introduced from North America

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