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2 words match “ALEPPO GRASS”

ALEPPO GRASS n.
One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). See Andropogon, below.
ANDROPOGON n.
. halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as A. nardus and A. schonanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery.