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buffelgrass

buffelgrass noun: the African perennial grass Cenchrus ciliaris.

Noun

buffelgrass (usually uncountable, plural buffelgrasses)

  1. (usually) The African perennial grass Cenchrus ciliaris.
    • Bo spotted a scrub turkey standing head high in the buffel grass.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 34
    • Some other people had a different reaction and gambled by the light of kerosene lanterns on the spare allotment covered in buffel grass at the back of the pub […].2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 79

Forms of buffelgrass

pluralbuffelgrasses
alternative formbuffel grass

Origin of buffelgrass

Via Afrikaans, ultimately from Dutch buffel (“buffalo”).

Questions about buffelgrass

What does buffelgrass mean?
Buffelgrass means the African perennial grass Cenchrus ciliaris.
What part of speech is buffelgrass?
Buffelgrass is a noun.
What is the plural of buffelgrass?
The plural of buffelgrass is buffelgrasses.

Words near buffelgrass in the dictionary

  1. buffed out
  2. buffed the muffin
  3. buffed up
  4. buffel duck
  5. buffel ducks
  6. buffelgrass
  7. buffelgrasses
  8. buffelhead
  9. buffelheads
  10. buffer
  11. buffer beam

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