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Definition of Pennisetum cenchroides
1. Noun. Erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennisetum Cenchroides
Literary usage of Pennisetum cenchroides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"This species likes dry calcareous soil [Grisebach]. Endures the climate of Carolina.
Pennisetum cenchroides. CI. Richard. Africa and South-Western Asia. ..."
2. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"Panicum colonum, \% foot. Panicum Crusgalli, \l/2 foot. Panicum proliferum, ^ foot.
Pennisetum cenchroides, 1 foot. ..."
3. Sketch of the Forestry of West Africa with Particular Reference to Its by Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney (1887)
"... of Punjab (Pennisetum cenchroides, Rich.). —This grass is esteemed extremely
fattening for cattle. In the dry parts round Multan the seeds are used by ..."
4. The Indian Forester (1894)
"... which the Government Botanist identified in 1887 as being the Pennisetum
cenchroides, Rich. Regarding this grass Mr. Duthie, in the Dictionary of the ..."
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