cenchrus ciliaris

1. 1.

   erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage

   Synonymsbuffel grassPennisetum cenchroides

   Broaderburgrass

Questions about cenchrus ciliaris

What does cenchrus ciliaris mean?

cenchrus ciliaris means "erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage".

What is another word for cenchrus ciliaris?

Close synonyms include buffel grass, Pennisetum cenchroides. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cenchrus ciliaris a common word?

cenchrus ciliaris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.