billion-dollar grass
billion-dollar grass · billion-dollar grasses
Any member of the genus Echinochloa of barnyard grass, widely considered harmful weedsAny member of the genus Echinochloa of barnyard grass, widely considered harmful weeds.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any member of the genus Echinochloa of barnyard grass, widely considered harmful weeds.
More definitions
- coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States
Origin
Probably so-called because of the adverse impact of Echinochloa weeds on yields rice and oProbably so-called because of the adverse impact of Echinochloa weeds on yields rice and other crops.
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Forms
plural: billion-dollar grasses| Singular | billion-dollar grass |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States:Japanese milletJapanese barnyard milletsanwa milletEchinochloa frumentacea
Lessons for this word
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