buffalo grass

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buf′falo grass′, 

1. Plant Biology a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, having gray-green blades, prevalent on the dry plains east of the Rocky Mountains.
2. Plant Biology See St. Augustine grass. 
3. Plant Biology any of several short, tufted grasses that do not form continuous sod.
• 1775–85, American.

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buffalo grass noun

1. a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, growing on the dry plains of the central US
2. a grass, Stenotaphrum americanum, introduced from North America