klis grass, noun phrase
- Origin:
- South African Dutch, DutchShow more Englished form of South African Dutch klisgras, Dutch klis any of several weeds with hooked fruits + gras grass.
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1906 B. Stoneman Plants & their Ways 150Fruits of Burr Weed (Xanthium) and Klis Grass (Panicum verticillastre) become very troublesome when the fruits become fastened into the wool of sheep or goats.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 267Klis or Klits grass,..Setaria verticillata, Beauv., a grass very common in some parts of the country, the seeding part of which, furnished with numerous minute hooks, knots and tangles in the most curious fashion. It is a source of much trouble and annoyance to farmers and gardeners.
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