switchgrass
See also: switch grass
English
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editswitchgrass (countable and uncountable, plural switchgrasses)
- A tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.
- 2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 35:
- He peers from the road to the woods, tangled with switchgrass and swamp myrtle.
Translations
editPanicum virgatum
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See also
editReferences
edit- switchgrass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Panicum virgatum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Panicum virgatum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Panicum virgatum at USDA Plants database