"switch grass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: switch grasses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} switch grass (countable and uncountable, plural switch grasses)
  1. Panicum virgatum, a dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Paniceae tribe grasses Synonyms (Panicum virgatum): tall panic grass, Wobsqua grass, blackbent, tall prairiegrass, wild redtop, thatchgrass, Virginia switchgrass
    Sense id: en-switch_grass-en-noun-C6D3Xuxi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "Panicum virgatum",
          "word": "blackbent"
        },
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          "word": "tall prairiegrass"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Panicum virgatum",
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          "sense": "Panicum virgatum",
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      "sense": "Panicum virgatum",
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