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Webster 1913 Edition


Gama grass

Ga′ma grassˊ

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[From
Gama
, a cluster of the Maldive Islands.]
(Bot.)
A species of grass (
Tripsacum dactyloides
) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; – called also
sesame grass
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