JOHNSON GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Johnson grass mean? 

• JOHNSON GRASS (noun)
  The noun JOHNSON GRASS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: JOHNSON GRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOHNSON GRASS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aleppo grass; evergreen millet; Johnson grass; means grass; Sorghum halepense

Hypernyms ("Johnson grass" is a kind of...):

sorghum (economically important Old World tropical cereal grass)