Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the southwestern United States and Mexico: One of several grasses useful for hay, especially Epicampes macroura and species of Sporobolus; specifically, Sporobolus Wrightii, which in Arizona and New Mexico yields a hay valued in lieu of better for horses and mules. It grows in great clumps, producing a largo amount of coarse, tough stems and leaves.
- noun Same as
broom-root . - noun Same as
fine-top salt-grass .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
sacaton .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word zacaton.
Examples
-
The posse lay down in the zacaton and waited for morning.
Crooked Trails and Straight William MacLeod Raine 1912
-
The dusty miles spun out behind them as they covered white sunbaked levels, cut across rough hillsides of rubble, dipped into sandy washes, and wound forward through wastes of cactus and zacaton.
Steve Yeager William MacLeod Raine 1912
-
The last entries were zacate limon, zacaton, zebra grass, and zinyamunga (which meant ` elephant grass, though it sounded like a college yell).
-
_tornilla_ and _mesquite_, horses and cattle grazing belly-deep in the tall, juicy _zacaton_.
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.