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buffalo grass

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buffalo grass
n.
A mat-forming perennial grass (Buchloe dactyloides) native to the plains of central North America, important as a forage grass and sometimes used for lawns.

buffalo grass
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, growing on the dry plains of the central US
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Austral a grass, Stenotaphrum americanum, introduced from North America
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Noun1.buffalo grassbuffalo grass - low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass
grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
2.buffalo grassbuffalo grass - short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)
grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
Buchloe, genus Buchloe - buffalo grass
Translations
buffalo grass
n (US) → Büffelgras nt


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Native to the high plains, buffalo grass is extremely drought tolerant, requires little fertilization and only occasional mowing.
Buffalo grass, cacti, succulents, and hardy indigenous flowers, shrubs, and trees that can survive on rainfall alone put no stress on city water departments or water tables.
Ever committed to sustaining the "come-down-to-my-house-feel" of her flagship Mustards Grill in Yountville, Pawlcyn began the new look of Go Fish at the Main Street sidewalk where she's installing a grove of apple trees and the buffalo grass she sees from the kitchen window of her nearby home.
 
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