sacaton

British  

/ ˌsækəˈtəʊn /

noun

1. a coarse grass, Sporobolus wrightii, of the southwestern US and Mexico, grown for hay and pasture

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Etymology

Origin of sacaton

American Spanish zacatón, from zacate coarse grass, from Nahuatl zacatl

Example Sentences

The largely flat, scrub-covered piece of real estate, with its occasional groves of cottonwoods, spiny mesquite and clumps of sacaton grass and desert broom, seems to offer few places to hide.

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