buffelgrass

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English

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Etymology

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Via Afrikaans, ultimately from Dutch buffel (buffalo).

Noun

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buffelgrass (usually uncountable, plural buffelgrasses)

  1. The African perennial grass Cenchrus ciliaris.
    • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 34:
      Bo spotted a scrub turkey standing head high in the buffel grass.
    • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 79:
      Some other people had a different reaction and gambled by the light of kerosene lanterns on the spare allotment covered in buffel grass at the back of the pub […].