"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

Inflected forms

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