Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A panic grass (Panicum virgatum) native to North America and used as rangeland forage and hay.
Wiktionary
- n. A tall North American perennial grass, Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.
Etymologies
- Alteration (influenced by switch) of quitch grass. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“During the two day Brownfields Conference where a number of topics are being discussed the word switchgrass is thrown around a lot.”
“Cellulosic ethanol" would use non-food plants such as switchgrass, which is one of the most promising bioenergy crops.”
“What caught my eye was switchgrass, which is grows in the US, grows fast and (also according to wikipedia) "for every unit of energy input, switchgrass yields four units out".”
Energy Economics and Politics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“In his 2006 State of the Union address, President Bush came to a similar conclusion when he announced an initiative to get ethanol from switchgrass, which is a tall grass that is indigenous to North America, can be harvested, and is self-seeding.”
“It's widely believed that a grass plant called switchgrass may work well for this, but it's never been domesticated.”
“It's widely believed that a grass plant called switchgrass may work well for this, but it's never been domesticated - the evolution of switchgrass as a crop is now at the stage that corn, for instance, was about”
“They are often combined with solar panels to collect energy on days where there is insufficient wind, and the farmland is planted in switchgrass, which is sold to biofuel refineries that make cellulosic ethanol.”
“Increased logging is the only way to meet the demand for this biomass because the other principal sources usually cited, such as switchgrass, agricultural and construction wastes and logging residues are simply not available in sufficient amounts.”
The Huffington Post: Richard Wiles: Forests Are New Coal in House and Senate Climate Bills
“Other ‘biofuels’ such as switchgrass are even worse.”
Vilsack Picked for Agriculture Secretary - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“Gore now supports so-called second-generation technologies that do not compete with food -- using farm waste or non-food sources such as switchgrass to make ethanol.”
The Washington Post: Al Gore: I shouldn't have supported corn-based ethanol
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘switchgrass’.
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ENVI - general
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Five Consecutive Consonants
A list of words containing five consecutive consonants
I do not include words containing "y" as part of the 5-letter string, since that letter invariably functions as a vowel, as in rhythm. <...heartstricken, heartstruck, wellspring, offspring, yachtsman, worthwhile, backstretch, backstroke, downstream, downstroke, breaststroke, birthstone and 188 more...
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Grasses
Grasses, and words about grasses.
Prairie grasses names are found in this list.
Names of medical marijuana strains can be found elsewhere.cheatgrass, downy brome, chess, brome, bronco-grass, graminoid, grassland, phytolith, steppe, tallgrass prairie, sword grass, panicle and 323 more...
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solutions
one word (preferably / not a must). terms that solved, help solve or theoretically will solve the world's problems (past, present, future).
these can be general, umbrella terms or...veganism, neurotechnology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, globalism, sustainability, laws, ecology, education, immunization, switchgrass, Esperanto and 75 more...
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Which Wichita Wich Switch
sandwich, swich, greenwich, Ipswich, Harwich, Norwich, Greenwich, Prestwich, Greenwich Mean Time, Bloxwich, Berkswich, Baswich and 26 more...
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Flora
fenugreek, verbena, saxifrage, arbutus, calendula, nasturtium, lobelia, hellebore, rhododendron, philodendron, bellflower, heuchera and 449 more...
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Compounds That Look Freakish
You know who you are, freakish compounds. Though very useful, some of these words just don't seem right together--or, their meanings are so far from what the two (or more) component words suggest t...
nightjar, bullfinch, grassquit, bananaquit, ovenbird, waxwing, stonechat, wheatear, bushtit, wrentit, starthroat, godwit and 158 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie
indiangrass, prairie junegrass, porcupinegrass, canada wildrye, big bluestem, little bluestem, prairie cordgrass, blue grama, sideoats grama, buffalograss, prairie dropseed, switchgrass and 88 more...
Tweets
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bourbonmots On the Solutions list because George W. Bush said it, so it must be true. Sep 11, 2011
chained_bear Usage on secateurs. Nov 11, 2008