: a vigorous tall-growing annual sorghum grass (Sorghum sudanense synonym S. vulgare sudanense) widely grown for hay and fodder
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Popular thinking was that crop rotation dealt with salinity, but researchers found that salts keep accumulating even after planting wheat, Sudan grass or cotton.
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The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
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.
—Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2020
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The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
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.
—Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2020
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“Sudan grass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sudan%20grass. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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