shortgrass

[ shawrt-gras, -grahs ]
/ ˈʃɔrtˌgræs, -ˌgrɑs /

noun

any of several range grasses of short stature, as buffalo grass, prevalent in semiarid regions of the Great Plains.

Origin of shortgrass

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; short + grass

Words nearby shortgrass

shortening, shorter, shorter catechism, shortfall, shortfin corvina, shortgrass, shorthair, shorthaired, shorthand, shorthand typist, shorthead