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1 sacaton
Bentley: 1863.A southwestern plant ( Sporobolus wrightii) sometimes used as forage. The OED indicates that the term refers to various species of the genera Sporobolus and Epicampes. Santamaria glosses it as the common name of various wild grasses, including Muelembergia disticophylla and S. wrightii, used for making an industrial fiber. It generally grows in long, rigid rootstalks with leaves. In southeastern Mexico it is the primary vegetation on the plains or savannahs, where it grows as a shrub or in isolated groups of trees.Also called pajón (Mexico), bear grass (USA), it is commonly used as forage for cattle.Alternate forms: sacate, sacatone, zacaton. -
2 zacate
(Sp. model spelled same [sakáte] < Náhuatl zacatl 'hay; fodder')OED: 1848. A general term in the Southwest for forage grass. Santamaría references it as a generic name for various creeping grasses that cover the fields of Mexico and serve as forage for animals. It also refers to some cyperaceous plants that are similar to the grasses. Islas also defines it as a corn plant that is dried once the ears have been cut off.
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