Chloris gayana

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A grass that lives for many years and is grown for animal feed in dry areas

noun

Specialized

: Chloris gayana

Chloris gayana is often planted by farmers in arid regions to provide pasture for livestock.

Examples

As a drought-tolerant species, Chloris gayana can thrive where other grasses fail.
Researchers study Chloris gayana for its potential to improve forage yields in semi-arid climates.
Farmers often grow Chloris gayana for livestock.
Have you seen the fields of Chloris gayana in South Africa?
Chloris gayana is often planted by farmers in arid regions to provide pasture for livestock.
As a drought-tolerant species, Chloris gayana can thrive where other grasses fail.
Researchers study Chloris gayana for its potential to improve forage yields in semi-arid climates.

Synonyms

Rhodes grass

vsChloris gayana

South African

6.1

A grass that lives many years and is grown to feed animals in dry areas

is the formal scientific name for the same grass

Surface Forms

Chloris gayana singular

Chloris gayanas plural

Morphology

Chloris + gayana

Because 'Chloris' is a named genus of grasses, a learner who knows that term could plausibly infer that Chloris gayana is a type of grass, giving a partial cue to its meaning. However, the species epithet 'gayana' is opaque to most learners and scientific binomial names do not follow everyday compositional patterns, so the full specifics (perennial, South African origin, forage use) are not predictable from the constituents.

Etymology

The plant name Chloris gayana may come from Chloris, a name that suggests 'green' or a goddess of flowers, and gayana, a name given to a person. That green, flowery picture helps you remember it is a hardy pasture grass grown for animals in dry places.