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rescue grass

–noun
a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; rescue, perh. alter. of fescue
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rescue grass  
n.  A tall South American grass (Bromus unioloides) cultivated in warm regions for hay.

[Probably alteration of fescue.]
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