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Noun: buffalo grass  'bú-fu,low grãs
  1. Short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)
    "Buffalo grass forms a dense, drought-resistant turf";
    - Buchloe dactyloides
     
  2. Low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass
    "Buffalo grass proved ideal for the water-conscious homeowner's lawn";
    - St. Augustine grass, Stenotaphrum secundatum

Derived forms: buffalo grass, buffalo grasses

Type of: grass

Part of: Buchloe, genus Buchloe, genus Stenotaphrum, Stenotaphrum

Encyclopedia: Buffalo grass