English Explanatory Dictionary

Mitchell grass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Astrebla of xerophytic Australian grasses.

Word forms

Mitchell grass Mitchell grasses

Etymology

After Scottish explorer Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855), who first collected a specimen near Bourke in New South Wales.

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