Genus Sporobolus, family Gramineae: several species, including the widespread North American sand dropseed (S. cryptandrus), which has a high yield of edible grain
Example sentencesExamples
Page and Page listed corn, squash, beans, and some wild and semi-cultivated plants such as Indian millet, wild potato, and dropseed as staples of this period.
In Nina's small attached greenhouse, bags of prairie seed await sowing: the small spheroids of prairie dropseed.
Definition of dropseed in US English:
dropseed
nounˈdräpsēd
A grass that readily drops its seeds.
鼠尾粟属植物
Genus Sporobolus, family Gramineae: several species, including the widespread North American sand dropseed (S. cryptandrus), which has a high yield of edible grain
Example sentencesExamples
In Nina's small attached greenhouse, bags of prairie seed await sowing: the small spheroids of prairie dropseed.
Page and Page listed corn, squash, beans, and some wild and semi-cultivated plants such as Indian millet, wild potato, and dropseed as staples of this period.