switchgrass
noun
switch·grass
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Definition of switchgrass
: a tall North American panic grass (Panicum virgatum) that is used for hay and forage
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The 2019 target for advanced biofuel would be 4.88 billion gallons, including at least 381 million gallons of cellulosic renewable fuel, such as ethanol made from switchgrass. — Mario Parker, Bloomberg.com, "Trump to Hit Refiners With Biofuels Boost," 26 June 2018 Stack said the most popular native plants Ted’s sells are prairie dropseed and switchgrass. — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, "Despite spring snows, area greenhouses deliver motherlode of flowers for moms," 14 May 2018 Planting a variety of clump forming grasses, like native switchgrass or bluestem will also provide daytime hiding areas for vulnerable (and mostly nocturnal) toads. — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, "5 Ways To Attract Toads To Your Garden (And Why You’d Totally Want To)," 16 May 2017 In the next phase of funding, Donohue said that UW and Michigan State researchers will work on energy and chemical production from sources such as poplar trees, switchgrass and sorghum for an array of uses. — Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Energy jolt: UW-Madison to get funding for bioenergy center," 17 July 2017 In addition to switchgrass and American beach grass, look for cocklebur, sea rocket and cottonwood here. — cleveland.com, "Top 10 beaches for nature lovers on Ohio's Lake Erie coast (plus one in Pennsylvania)," 11 June 2017 One of the leading companies exploring ethanol from biomass is Novozymes, which is developing an enzyme that turns corn stovers, wood chips, switchgrass and other agricultural waste into glucose sugar that can be converted into ethanol. — Wired Staff, WIRED, "Ethanol: Good Today, Better Tomorrow," 3 Feb. 2006 Cellulosic ethanol, typically made from corn stalks, switchgrass and other materials, has been commercialized at a slower pace than supporters had hoped. — Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg.com, "U.S. Favors Midwest Corn Farmers in Proposed Biofuels Quotas," 5 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'switchgrass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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