Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An annual grass (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) with long bristly awns that is native to Europe and has become naturalized in western North America.
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- noun A type of
bristly grass native toEurope
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Examples
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Today, cheatgrass, medusahead wildrye, and sagebrush occur and stock carrying capacity is low; native grasses are much rarer and vegetative regeneration capacity is more limited than in the cooler Ecoregion 12g.
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Shallow, clayey soils are common and often support medusahead wildrye, cheatgrass, and scattered shrubs.
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It suggested that current California and other western states, infestations of medusahead have marched across rangeland habitats like the Genghis Khan of grasses.
WN.com - Articles related to Travel green with Cebu Pacific 2010
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An Emirates, July 26/PRNewswire/-- It is estimated that approximately one in three UAE residents will spend their summer holidays in the country in 2009 compared California and other western states, infestations of medusahead have marched across rangeland habitats like the Genghis Khan of grasses.
WN.com - Articles related to Travel green with Cebu Pacific 2010
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It's just as fire adapted as cheatgrass or medusahead.
RealClimate 2009
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It's just as fire adapted as cheatgrass or medusahead.
RealClimate 2009
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It's just as fire adapted as cheatgrass or medusahead.
RealClimate 2009
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It's just as fire adapted as cheatgrass or medusahead.
RealClimate 2009
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• a strategy to restore sustainable bunchgrass to Central Oregon rangeland overrun with invasive cheatgrass and medusahead;
Media Newswire 2008
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