sacaton
/ (ˌsækəˈtəʊn) /
noun
a coarse grass, Sporobolus wrightii, of the southwestern US and Mexico, grown for hay and pasture
Origin of sacaton
1American Spanish zacatón, from zacate coarse grass, from Nahuatl zacatl
Words Nearby sacaton
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How to use sacaton in a sentence
Something of this sort is going on at Taos to-day among the pueblos for their land, and down at sacaton among the Pimas for water.
Through Our Unknown Southwest | Agnes C. LautIf you want to know what the courts do in these cases, ask the pueblo governor at Taos; or the Pima chief at sacaton.
Through Our Unknown Southwest | Agnes C. LautAt sacaton, the big squatter, the irrigation company, took the Pimas' water; so that the Indian can no longer raise crops.
Through Our Unknown Southwest | Agnes C. Laut
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