Mitchell grass

English

Etymology

After Scottish explorer Thomas Mitchell (1792-1855), who first collected a specimen near Bourke in New South Wales.

Noun

Mitchell grass (countable and uncountable, plural Mitchell grasses)

  1. Any of the genus Astrebla of xerophytic Australian grasses.
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