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buffalo grass

noun

  1. a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, having gray-green blades, prevalent on the dry plains east of the Rocky Mountains.
  2. any of several short, tufted grasses that do not form continuous sod.


buffalo grass

noun

  1. a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides , growing on the dry plains of the central US
  2. a grass, Stenotaphrum americanum , introduced from North America
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of buffalo grass1

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
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We have a buffalo grass lawn that was started with plugs, so I’m writing from experience.

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Violence and wanton cruelty are as commonplace as shimmering fields of buffalo grass among the land-grubbing settlers, nefarious opportunists and Indigenous loners who populate the region.

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Across the flat prairie, the church sailed into view, a small ship of salvation on the buffalo grass sea.

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Now, we have to confront honestly this fact: the white nationalists in Charlottesville, and every other town, are as native to American soil as sagebrush and buffalo grass.

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In an effort to create the natural-looking landscape the homeowners wanted, Lobl removed 1,000 square feet of Bermuda grass and replaced it with buffalo grass developed especially for California’s climate.

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