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Definition of Buchloe dactyloides
1. Noun. Short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buchloe Dactyloides
Literary usage of Buchloe dactyloides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. DNA Fingerprinting and Plants (Including Pathogens): Sponsored CRIS/ICAR by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"L.; Lin,-H. 3 of 50 TI: Identifying buffalograss [Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt. ...
PT: Article SF: IND DE: buchloe-dactyloides. cultivars-. genetic-analysis, ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"... under the name Buchloe dactyloides is a curious example in point. Beside this
is now placed ..."
3. The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading by Hiram Martin Chittenden (1902)
"... the buffalo grass (buchloe dactyloides), and the bunch grass (poa tenuifolia).
The gramma grass had a wide distribution throughout the West, ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Coracana is a cultivated gram in the warmer parts of Asia and throughout Africa.
Buchloe dactyloides is the buffalo grass of the North American prairies, ..."