billion-dollar grass

English

Etymology

Probably so-called because of the adverse impact of Echinochloa weeds on yields rice and other crops.

Noun

billion-dollar grass (countable and uncountable, plural billion-dollar grasses)

  1. Any of the genus Echinochloa of barnyard grass, widely considered harmful weeds.

References

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