Barnyard grass
a weedy, co-rs- gr-ss, echinochloa crus-galli, having a spikelike cl-ster of flowers.
historical examples
barnyard gr-ss (panic-m crusgalli) behaved like pigweed, and ‘needed considerable attention.’
appletons’ popular science monthly, may 1899 various
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