switchgrass

See also: switch grass

English

Etymology

From switch +‎ grass.

Noun

switchgrass (countable and uncountable, plural switchgrasses)

1. A tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay.
   • 2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 35:

     He peers from the road to the woods, tangled with switchgrass and swamp myrtle.

Translations

Panicum virgatum

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: стрелковидна трева f (strelkovidna treva) Chinese: Mandarin: 柳枝稷 (liǔzhījì) Finnish: lännenhirssi, luutahirssi French: panic érigé (fr) m German: Rutenhirse f Korean: 큰개기장 (keun'gaegijang) Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• panic grass

References

• switchgrass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Panicum virgatum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Panicum virgatum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Panicum virgatum at USDA Plants database