ricegrass

noun

1

: a stoloniferous marsh grass (Leersia hexandra) of tropical America cultivated (as in the Philippines and southern Africa) for green forage

2

: a European spartina (Spartina townsendi) used as a fodder and soil-binding plant

3

: any of several grasses of the genus Oryzopsis (especially O. oryzoides)

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