rescue grass
English
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Noun
editrescue grass (countable and uncountable, plural rescue grasses)
- A tall grass (Bromus catharticus) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the southern United States.
References
edit- “rescue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.