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noun
A perennial Mediterranean grass (Sorghum halepense) cultivated for forage, but considered invasive and noxious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Aleppo grass, means grass, evergreen millet, Sorghum halepense
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sorghum
History
Named after an Alabama plantation owner, Colonel William Johnson, who sowed its seeds on river-bottom farmland circa 1840.
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