switchgrass
A tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.
Noun
- A tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.
- He peers from the road to the woods, tangled with switchgrass and swamp myrtle. - 2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 35:
Origin
From switch + grass.