camel grass

camel grass
noun or camel hay
Etymology: so called from its serving as feed for camels
: any sweet-scented Asiatic grass of the genus Cymbopogon (especially C. schoenanthus)

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a grass, Cymbopogon schoenanthus, of southern Asia and northern Africa, having fragrant foliage. Also called camel hay.
[1875-80]

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