rhodes grass

1. 1.

   perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions

   SynonymsChloris gayana

   Broaderfinger grass

Questions about rhodes grass

What does rhodes grass mean?

rhodes grass means "perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions".

What is another word for rhodes grass?

Close synonyms include Chloris gayana. 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 rhodes grass a common word?

rhodes grass 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.