Definition of Buchloe dactyloides

1. Noun. Short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam).

Exact synonyms: Buffalo Grass
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Buchloe, Genus Buchloe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buchloe Dactyloides

Bucalemu
Bucaramanga
Buccinidae
Bucconidae
Bucephala
Bucephala islandica
Bucephela albeola
Bucephela clangula
Bucerotidae
Buchanan
Bucharest
Bucharesti
Bucharestian
Bucharestians
Buchloe
Buchloe dactyloides (current term)
Buchner
Buchner extract
Buchner funnel
Buchwald's atrophy
Buck's Fizz
Buck's Fizzes
Buck's extension
Buck's traction
Buckeye
Buckeye State
Buckingham
Buckingham Palace

Literary usage of Buchloe dactyloides

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

1. DNA Fingerprinting and Plants (Including Pathogens): Sponsored CRIS/ICAR by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"L.; Lin,-H. 3 of 50 TI: Identifying buffalograss [Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt. ... PT: Article SF: IND DE: buchloe-dactyloides. cultivars-. genetic-analysis, ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"... under the name Buchloe dactyloides is a curious example in point. Beside this is now placed ..."

3. The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading by Hiram Martin Chittenden (1902)
"... the buffalo grass (buchloe dactyloides), and the bunch grass (poa tenuifolia). The gramma grass had a wide distribution throughout the West, ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Coracana is a cultivated gram in the warmer parts of Asia and throughout Africa. Buchloe dactyloides is the buffalo grass of the North American prairies, ..."

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