sprangletop

noun

Definition of sprangletop

1 : a tall perennial rhizomatous grass (Scolochloa festucacea) that is widely distributed in wetlands and shallow water of northerly parts of the northern hemisphere and is a minor forage grass
2 : a grass of the genus Leptochloa especially : an erect wiry perennial grass (L. dubia) of the southern U.S. and southward to Argentina that is locally important for forage and hay