cogongrass

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co·gon·grass

or co·gon grass  (kō′gôn-grăs′, -gōn- -gən-, )
n.
A perennial grass (Imperata cylindrica) native chiefly to Southeast Asia and Africa that is used for thatching and is widespread as a weed in warm regions.

[Spanish cogón, from Tagalog kugon.]
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What used to be a landfill for 10 million Seoul citizens and once the world's top trash mountain now stands as an eco-friendly park filled with grasslands composed of eulalia, cogongrass, sunflowers and buckwheat.
Like other natural nuisances in Mississippi such as kudzu and cogongrass, feral hogs are expected to be around for a long time as recreational targets in the Magnolia State.
Which came first, the wind or the cogongrass flowers?
[3.] Paz-Alberto, A.M.; Sigua, G.C.; Baui, B.G.; and Prudente, J.A.; Phytoextraction of lead-contaminated soil using vetivergass (Vetiveria zizanioides L.) cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica L.) and carabao grasss (Paspalum conjugatum L) .
Cogongrass (Imperatacylindrical) Invasive species management plans for Florida.
JUST LIKE KUDZU AND FIRE ANTS, Cogongrass has become a major problem for southwestern Alabama landowners.
Effect of nicosulfuron dosages and timing on the postemergence control of cogongrass (Imperatacylindrica) in corn.
(136.) The species appearing on both lists are Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum), Tropical Soda Apple (Solanum viarum), and Witchweed (Striga asiatica).
Highly flammable cogongrass, a new threat, has the ability to turn forests into savannahs.
Prudente, 2007, "Phytoextraction of lead-contaminated soil using vetivergrass (Vetiveria zizanioides L.), cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica L.) and carabaograss (Paspalum conjugatum L.)".
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