gama grass

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gama grass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gama grass \Ga"ma grass`\ [From Gama, a cluster of the Maldive
     Islands.] (Bot.)
     A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and
     exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies,
     Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage
     grass; -- called also sesame grass.
     [1913 Webster]