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3 words match “GRAMA GRASS”

GRAMA GRASS n.
The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya.
GRASS n.
y, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass, cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. Bouteloua oligostachya, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay. South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New England Timothy, in Pen…
MESQUITE; MESQUIT n.
o called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree; -- called also muskit grass, grama grass.