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guinea grass
noun
- 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.
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Beyond these lay a large field of luxuriant guinea grass, covered with bullocks and mules, like black dottings on the hillside.
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Trees arched from a field of guinea-grass which resembled young wild corn.
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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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