buffelgrass

English

Alternative forms

• buffel grass

Etymology

Via Afrikaans, ultimately from Dutch buffel (“buffalo”).

Noun

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 […].