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PRONUNCIATION OF ELEPHANT GRASS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELEPHANT GRASS

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Elephant grass is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ELEPHANT GRASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Elephant grass

The term Elephant grass may refer to the following grass species: ▪ The African Pennisetum purpureum, also known as Napier Grass or Uganda Grass ▪ The Eurasian Saccharum ravennae, also known as Ravennagrass or Ekra ▪ The East Asian Miscanthus sinensis, also known as Chinese Silver Grass, Eulalia Grass, Maiden Grass, Porcupine Grass or Zebra Grass...

Definition of elephant grass in the English dictionary

The definition of elephant grass in the dictionary is any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELEPHANT GRASS

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elenchic
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eleoptene
elephant
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elephant gun
elephant in the room
elephant seal
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elephant´s-ear
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elephantiasis
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elephants

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELEPHANT GRASS

beargrass
bent grass
Bermuda grass
bluegrass
brass
buffalo grass
cutting grass
get off the grass
grass
Greengrass
Kentucky bluegrass
lemon grass
meadow grass
pampas grass
rye-grass
snake in the grass
supergrass
switchgrass
tallgrass
turfgrass
wheatgrass

Synonyms and antonyms of elephant grass in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «elephant grass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELEPHANT GRASS

Find out the translation of elephant grass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elephant grass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elephant grass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

象草
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pasto elefante
570 millions of speakers

English

elephant grass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हाथी घास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفيل العشب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слон трава
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

capim-elefante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাতি ঘাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

herbe à éléphant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumput gajah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Elefantengras
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

象の草
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

코끼리 잔디
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Suket gajah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cỏ voi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யானை புல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हत्ती गवत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fil çimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

erba elefante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słoń trawy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слон трава
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

elefant iarbă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελέφαντα χόρτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

olifant gras
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

elefantgräs
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

elefant gress
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elephant grass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELEPHANT GRASS»

The term «elephant grass» is normally little used and occupies the 117.908 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELEPHANT GRASS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «elephant grass» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «elephant grass» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elephant grass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELEPHANT GRASS»

Discover the use of elephant grass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elephant grass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Bioenergy Crops: A Complete Reference to ...
Elephant grass and energy cane are limited to the lower south of the USA (Prine and McConnel, 1996). If appropriate cultivars are chosen, the productivity of switchgrass is high across much of North America. In studies near the Canadian  ...
Nasir El Bassam, 2010
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The Complementarity of Feed Resources for Animal Production ...
Three grasses — Pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass), Tripsacum laxum ( Guatemala grass) and Setaria splendida (setaria) — were planted from the end of September to mid-October 1989, alone or together with a legume, ( Desmodium ...
John E. S. Stares, A. N. Said, Jackson A. Kategile, 1992
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Biogas Technology
Table 3.2 Volumetric Efficiencies (m3 gas/m3 of digester per day) For example using a batch digester, elephant grass as feed stock at 27°C for 40 days detention, Boshoff reported a volumetric efficiency of 0.35. In a continuous digester of ...
B. T. Nijaguna, 2006
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Mathematical Modelling in Animal Nutrition
(2002) attempted to extend the original sugarcane model to elephant grass ( Pennisetum purpureum)-based diets. In many tropical dairy cattle systems, elephant grass is a very common forage, both grazed and fresh-chopped, or as silage.
J. France, E. Kebreab, 2008
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Grasslands of the World
Pennisetum purpureum is widely distributed through sub-Saharan Africa and is commonly called elephant grass or Napier grass, named after Colonel Napier of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, who promoted its use at the start of the century. It is now  ...
J. M. Suttie, Stephen G. Reynolds, Caterina Batello, 2005
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Small Ruminant Research and Development in Africa: ...
Three groups of sheep (12-15 months old with an average weight of 13.20 kg) were fed elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) alone (EG), or the grass and supplemented with either 200 g stylo hay (SH)/head per day or 140 g concentrate  ...
African Small Ruminant Research Network. Conference, Sahr H. B. Lebbie, E. Kagwini, 1996
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Hawaiian Planters' Record
Chopped and fed together, pigeon-peas or alfalfa and Elephant grass make very nearly an ideal roughage for dairy cows. Elephant grass is a cane-like, non- saccharin grass. Cuttings may be planted in the same manner as those of the sugar ...
8
A Profile of Economic Plants
Elephant Bush, Spekboom (See Ornamental & Lawn Grass) Elephant Grass, Napier Grass Sci. Name(s) : Pennisetum purpureum Geog. Reg(s) : Africa, Tropical End-Use(s) : Erosion Control, Fiber, Forage, Pasture & Feed Grain Domesticated ...
John C. Roecklein, Ping Sun Leung, 1987
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Cassava: Biology, Production and Utilization
Ruppenthal (1995) and Leihner et al. (1996b) described long-term testing of cassava soil conservation systems. including live barriers of dwarf elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum cv. Mott) and vetiver grass. Average runoff rates (% of ...
R. J. Hillocks, J. M. Thresh, Anthony Bellotti, 2002
10
A Natural Ecology
The local government was persuaded to insist on the African farmers terracing their land and growing elephant grass to hold it. Elephant grass is a great grass growing six feet high or more. The mat formed by the elephant grass roots, however ...
Michael Graham, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELEPHANT GRASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elephant grass is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bridging The Gap Between Credit And Conservation In Kenya
That program taps into income from downstream flower growers, who pay for strips of elephant grass to be planted on the hills, preventing ... «Ecosystem Marketplace, Jul 15»
2
Best Score Carded By Four Players At the KAHC Golf Day
... that elusive big cat stalking its prey, prowling under cover of thorny bush and tall elephant grass, a sense of thrill and danger lurking in the air. «Coastweek, Jul 15»
3
Rekindle the creative spirit at ARTsPLACE
Bonnie is one of the founding members of Elephant Grass Print Collective. She will guide participants through the process of creating their own ... «The Spectator, Jun 15»
4
Review of Doan Nguyen Duc's huge assets in Laos
The farm has 1.5 hectares of elephant grass to feed the cattle. Duc confirmed that beef would be the "super-profit" business of HAGL Group, ... «VietNamNet Bridge, Jun 15»
5
Drug trade booms at HP village
The approach to these plantations is restricted by heavy growth of elephant grass and lantana. Some people stand guard with mobile phones ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
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Years on, wait for canal water continues
Elephant grass has grown up in most of the distributaries and other canal system. The then Capt Amarinder Singh-led government had spent ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
7
Surat airport safe for flight operations: AAI
... of the damaged perimeter and compound walls, removal of the elephant grass and trees and other bottlenecks from the operating area of the ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
8
Cassinga Forgotten
The jungle with tall elephant grass and thick bushes serves as a reminder that hardly anyone gets to them. The last time anything official was ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
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Princewill goes back to his roots! Storms his Alma Mater, FGC PH
... will bring tears to your eyes, poor drainage, extremely dilapidated infrastructure, snake friendly elephant grass that could do with landscaping ... «Codewit World News, Jun 15»
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Chinodya's Nostalgia in 'Dew in the Morning'
... range the "golden elephant grass loaded with shiny beads of dew" or Jairos, the headman who "ploughed the path with his car-tyre sandals, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Elephant grass [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/elephant-grass>. Apr 2024 ».
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