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BUFFALO GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buffalo grass mean? 

BUFFALO GRASS (noun)
  The noun BUFFALO GRASS has 2 senses:

1. low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grassplay

2. short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)play

  Familiarity information: BUFFALO GRASS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUFFALO GRASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buffalo grass; St. Augustine grass; Stenotaphrum secundatum

Hypernyms ("buffalo grass" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Holonyms ("buffalo grass" is a member of...):

genus Stenotaphrum; Stenotaphrum (lawn grasses)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Buchloe dactyloides; buffalo grass

Hypernyms ("buffalo grass" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Holonyms ("buffalo grass" is a member of...):

Buchloe; genus Buchloe (buffalo grass)


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