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Definition of Barnyard grass
1. Noun. A coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing.
Group relationships: Echinochloa, Genus Echinochloa
Generic synonyms: Millet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barnyard Grass
Literary usage of Barnyard grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"barnyard grass. The cultivated form is known as Japan Barnyard millet. The ordinary
form is a weed in cultivated soil. The form in the trade is used for ..."
2. Agriculture in Some of Its Relations with Chemistry by Frank Humphreys Storer (1892)
"barnyard grass, being the largest of these volunteer crops, has naturally ...
There would appear to be one attribute of the barnyard grass, however, ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"barnyard grass. (Fig. 526.) This grass has become somewhat Fig. 672. ...
barnyard grass prefers a rich, moist soil. The seed is lighter than that of most of ..."
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