Meaning | Any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion. |
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Synonym | love grass |
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Member of | Eragrostis, genus Eragrostis | annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics |
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Narrower | teff, teff grass, Eragrostis tef, Eragrostic abyssinica | An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay |
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weeping love grass, African love grass, Eragrostis curvula | perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems |
Broader | grass | Narrow-leaved green herbage |
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