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JOHNSON GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Johnson grass mean? 

JOHNSON GRASS (noun)
  The noun JOHNSON GRASS has 1 sense:

1. tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated landplay

  Familiarity information: JOHNSON GRASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JOHNSON GRASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aleppo grass; evergreen millet; Johnson grass; means grass; Sorghum halepense

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

sorghum (economically important Old World tropical cereal grass)


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