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Cenchrus ciliaris
(redirected from Bufflegrass)

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Noun1.Cenchrus ciliaris - erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage
buffel grass, Pennisetum cenchroides
bur grass, burgrass - a grass of the genus Cenchrus
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Bufflegrass (Pennisetum ciliare), a perennial bunch grass from Africa introduced as cattle feed, has been planted in rangelands in Texas, occupies more than 2 million acres in Sonora, Mexico, and is invading other desert lands in Arizona expansion to the north and into higher elevations has been limited by winter cold.
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