Definitions for gama grassˈgɑ mə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ga′ma grass`ˈgɑ mə(n.)

  1. a tall forage grass

    Tripsacum dactyloides.

    Category: Plants

Origin of gama grass:

1825–35, Amer.; var. of grama

Wiktionary

  1. gama grass(Noun)

    A tall coarse American grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) valuable for forage.

  2. Origin: probably alteration of grama

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gama grass(u)

    a species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also sesame grass


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