tobosa grass

noun

to·​bo·​sa grass

təˈbōsə-

: a coarse range grass (Hilaria mutica) that is an important forage plant on semiarid plains and hills of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico

Word History

Etymology

perhaps after the Toboso Indians in northern Mexico, from Spanish, of American Indian origin

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