Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A grass, properly of the genus Bouteloua, growing on the plains east of the Rocky Mountains, and forming a rich wild pasturage.
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The cocoanut-palm, date-palm and orange orchards contrasted their rich foliage in the sunshine with the pineapple, banana and the rich soft turf of the mesquit-grass.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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