: a vigorous tall-growing annual sorghum grass (Sorghum sudanense synonym S. vulgare sudanense) widely grown for hay and fodder
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The highway runs arrow-straight through the farmland, where tractors stir up clouds of dust and fields of alfalfa and Sudan grass sway in the breeze.
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Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2020
Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2020
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Etymology
the Sudan, region in Africa
First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined above
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