DCHP-1 Online
buffalo grass 
any of several short grasses, as Buchloë dactyloides, common on the prairies.
See also: buffalo wool (def. 2)
- 1788 (1891) I received the following memorandum from General Washington, who requested me . . . to send him . . . seeds . . . [of] buffalo grass. . . .
- 1896 (1898) It is certainly not an attractive spot in March, surrounded by monotonous, undulating plains, covered with gray buffalo grass.
- 1964 One of the last great areas of arable land, it had produced "buffalo grass" to feed the great herds [of buffalo]. . . .
- 1788 (1891) I received the following memorandum from General Washington, who requested me . . . to send him . . . seeds . . . [of] buffalo grass. . . .