eragrostis
See also: Eragrostis
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name Eragrostis.
Noun
editeragrostis
- Any of several species of grass from the genus Eragrostis; lovegrass.
- 1969, Bessie Head, When Rain Clouds Gather, Heinemann, published 1995, page 28:
- Springing up between the carrot-seed during the first season were the long frail, feathery stalks of the wind-blown eragrostis, a lush sweet grass.