gamagrass
- noun
- US
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gamagrass
- Eastern gamagrass is often used as a nutritious feed for livestock.
- eastern gamagrass
- gamagrass roots
- gamagrass seed
Examples
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According to him, another reason farmers find gamagrass attractive is that it grows well on a wide variety of soils.
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PHOTO (COLOR): Agronomist Chester Dewald believes eastern gamagrass can be a dual-purpose crop—grain or forage.
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The popularity of eastern gamagrass is rising.
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"Switchgrass and gamagrass are both native plants," says Dabney.
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The scientists also concluded that gamagrass seeds may have less of the trypsin inhibitor antinutrient than corn.
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In other studies, Kindiger and Dewald have identified a refrigeration method that keeps gamagrass pollen viable for more than 10 days.
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Dewald says, "Alfalfa may be the queen of legume forages, but eastern gamagrass is the queen of grass forages."
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By then the word was out that ruminant animals find eastern gamagrass highly palatable—the "ice cream" of forage crops.
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Farmers prefer gamagrass because it thrives in various soil types and climates.
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Ecologists recommend planting gamagrass to restore degraded land due to its resilience.
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Etymology
Gamagrass can be thought of as gama + 'grass', and a helpful way to remember it is to hear gama like 'game' because wild animals often eat and hide in this tall grass. So gamagrass fits its modern use as a tall, strong grass for animal feed and for restoring worn land.
