Definition of Pennisetum cenchroides

1. Noun. Erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage.

Exact synonyms: Buffel Grass, Cenchrus Ciliaris
Generic synonyms: Bur Grass, Burgrass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennisetum Cenchroides

Peneus
Penfieldian
Penge
Pengo
Penha
Penicillium
Penjaringan
Penkyamp
Penn
Pennatulidae
Penney's
Pennine Chain
Pennines
Pennisetum
Pennisetum Americanum
Pennisetum cenchroides (current term)
Pennisetum glaucum
Pennisetum ruppelii
Pennisetum setaceum
Pennistum villosum
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania German
Pennsylvanian
Pennsylvanian period
Pennsylvanians
Penny Black
Penny Blacks

Literary usage of Pennisetum cenchroides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"This species likes dry calcareous soil [Grisebach]. Endures the climate of Carolina. Pennisetum cenchroides. CI. Richard. Africa and South-Western Asia. ..."

2. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"Panicum colonum, \% foot. Panicum Crusgalli, \l/2 foot. Panicum proliferum, ^ foot. Pennisetum cenchroides, 1 foot. ..."

3. Sketch of the Forestry of West Africa with Particular Reference to Its by Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney (1887)
"... of Punjab (Pennisetum cenchroides, Rich.). —This grass is esteemed extremely fattening for cattle. In the dry parts round Multan the seeds are used by ..."

4. The Indian Forester (1894)
"... which the Government Botanist identified in 1887 as being the Pennisetum cenchroides, Rich. Regarding this grass Mr. Duthie, in the Dictionary of the ..."

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