rescue grass

English

Etymology

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Noun

rescue grass (countable and uncountable, plural rescue grasses)

1. A tall grass (Bromus catharticus) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the southern United States.

References

• “rescue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.