Johnson grass

Johnson grass

Meaning

Noun

  • A perennial Mediterranean grass (Sorghum halepense (species)) cultivated for forage, but considered invasive and noxious.

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Origin

  • Named after an Alabama plantation owner, Colonel William Johnson, who sowed its seeds on river-bottom farmland circa 1840.

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