noun
tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land
• Syn: ↑Johnson grass, ↑Aleppo grass, ↑evergreen millet, ↑Sorghum halepense
• Hypernyms: ↑sorghum
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\\ˈmēnz-\ nounUsage: usually capitalized M
Etymology: probably from the name Means
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/meenz/.
See Johnson grass.
[1855-60, Amer.; after John H. Means (1812-62), governor of South Carolina, 1850-52, who obtained the original seed from Turkey]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.