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guinea grass

noun

  1. a grass, Panicum maximum, native to Africa, used for forage in warm regions of North and South America.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of guinea grass1

First recorded in 1750–60

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Example Sentences

The former mentions the name guinea grass, without any remarks on the original home of the species.

Beyond these lay a large field of luxuriant guinea grass, covered with bullocks and mules, like black dottings on the hillside.

Trees arched from a field of guinea-grass which resembled young wild corn.

There are a great variety of grasses to be met with in Antigua, the principal of which arethe Guinea-grass, cent.

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