rescue grass

noun

a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.

Origin of rescue grass

¹

1880–85, Americanism;rescue, perhaps alteration of fescue

Words Nearby rescue grass

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How to use rescue grass in a sentence

Rescue-grass, res′kū-gras, n. a species of brome-grass, native to South America.
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