buffel grass

/ (ˈbʌfəl) /

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noun

Australian a pasture grass, Cenchrus ciliaris, native to Africa and India, introduced in N Australia

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Words nearby buffel grass

buffalo robe, buffalo soldier, buffalo wing, buffcoat, buffe, buffel grass, buffer, buffer state, buffer stock, buffer zone, buffet

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How to use buffel grass in a sentence

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A tugboat improbably sits high on the bank, obscured by tall grass, a broken oil rig hangs over the water nearby.
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I really turned on in particular to James Joyce, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Günter Grass.
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As they passed the runway, bullets shot up from the tall grass, puncturing a fuel tank.
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The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
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She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.
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The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.
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Everywhere cattle were being sold for a trifle, as there was no grass upon which they could feed.
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We squatted in the long grass and buck-brush, listening, and a few seconds later heard a horse snort distinctly.
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