Means Grass (Noun)
Meaning
Tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Johnsongrass has become a highly invasive species in the southern part of the US, choking out native plant species.
- It is extremely competitive and can quickly outcompete native warm-season grasses.
- It can actually grow so dense that cattle may avoid the infested areas altogether.
- The preferred method of control is often mowing repeatedly over several years to weaken and exhaust the roots of the johnsongrass plant.
- Farmers have also tried introducing organisms that will selectively destroy johnsongrass without harming crops.