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alfa grass

alfa grass noun: esparto.

Noun

alfa grass (uncountable)

  1. esparto
    • About noon they came to a douar of about twenty tents. Here they halted, and as one of the Arabs was releasing the alfa-grass ropes which bound him to his mount they were surrounded by a mob of men, women, and children.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 129

Questions about alfa grass

What does alfa grass mean?
Alfa grass means esparto.
What part of speech is alfa grass?
Alfa grass is a noun.

Words near alfa grass in the dictionary

  1. Aleysky
  2. Alezzandrini syndrome
  3. Aleșd
  4. alf
  5. alfa
  6. alfa grass
  7. alfabeto
  8. alfabetto
  9. alfacalcidol
  10. alfadolone
  11. alfaia

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