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Definition of Cenchrus ciliaris
1. Noun. Erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cenchrus Ciliaris
Literary usage of Cenchrus ciliaris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"... cenchrus ciliaris) is planted for cattle forage in the lower Rio Grande Valley
of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, and in the Sonoran Desert ..."
2. Cover Crops in West Africa: Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture by Daniel Buckles (1998)
"... + S. hamata and cenchrus ciliaris + S. hamata; pure 5. hamata and natural
vegetation were also in the trials. ..."
3. Lost Crops of Africa: Grains edited by F. R. Ruskin (1999)
"One notable success has been in breeding buffel grass (cenchrus ciliaris)— a
native African species, distantly related to sorghum, that is used as a forage ..."
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