sacaton

/ (ˌsækəˈtəʊn) /

noun

a coarse grass, Sporobolus wrightii, of the southwestern US and Mexico, grown for hay and pasture

Word Origin for sacaton

American Spanish zacatón, from zacate coarse grass, from Nahuatl zacatl

Words nearby sacaton

sabulous, sac, sac fungus, sac-a-lait, sacajawea, sacaton, sacc, saccade, saccadic, saccate, sacchar-

Example sentences from the Web for sacaton

  • At Sacaton, the big squatter, the irrigation company, took the Pimas' water; so that the Indian can no longer raise crops.

    Through Our Unknown Southwest |Agnes C. Laut

  • Something of this sort is going on at Taos to-day among the pueblos for their land, and down at Sacaton among the Pimas for water.

    Through Our Unknown Southwest |Agnes C. Laut

  • If you want to know what the courts do in these cases, ask the pueblo governor at Taos; or the Pima chief at Sacaton.

    Through Our Unknown Southwest |Agnes C. Laut