Rhodes grass, noun phrase

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Also with small initial.
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Named for Cecil John Rhodes (1853–1902); see quotation 1913.
The indigenous African grass Chloris gayana of the Poaceae, cultivated for pasturage and hay.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 399Rhodes grass, Chloris Gayana, Kunth. A native grass which was brought to the notice of the late Hon. Cecil Rhodes while on a visit to the Queenstown District, as a valuable fodder plant, and sent by him to his farm in the Matopos, is now generally known as Rhodes grass.
1929 J.W. Bews World’s Grasses 179‘Rhodes grass’, a native of Africa..is cultivated in the S.W. States of N. America, in Hawaii, and in Australia.
1937 Handbk for Farmers (Dept of Agric. & Forestry) 409Rhodes grass..is a sweet-veld grass, hence its establishment and persistence in sour-veld areas is not likely to prove successful.
1962 New Scientist (U.K.) 1 Mar. 487Since the beginning of the century, when it was introduced into Australia from its native home in Africa, Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) has become the dominant pasture species.
1991 D.M. Moore Garden Earth 199The Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) is now an important pasture and hay grass in warm areas outside southern Africa.
The indigenous African grass Chloris gayana of the Poaceae, cultivated for pasturage and hay.
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