buffelgrass

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noun

The African perennial grass Cenchrus ciliaris.

OriginDutch buffel →
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Meanings

nounbuffelgrass (usually uncountable, plural buffelgrasses)

plural buffelgrasses · alternative buffel grass

  1. uncountableusuallyThe African perennial grass Cenchrus ciliaris.

    Bo spotted a scrub turkey standing head high in the buffel grass.

    2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 34
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    Some other people had a different reaction and gambled by the light of kerosene lanterns on the spare allotment covered in buffel grass at the back of the pub […].

    2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 79

Origin

  1. Dutchbuffel“buffalo”
  2. Englishbuffelgrass

Via Afrikaans, ultimately from Dutch buffel (“buffalo”).

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APA

buffelgrass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffelgrass

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“buffelgrass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffelgrass. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buffelgrass,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffelgrass.

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