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Shortgrass

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Noun
  1. 1
    The set of short, tough grasses that thrive in arid plains; often specifically the native grasses of the North American Great Plains. uncountable, usually

    "The original centers of abundance of upland sandpipers were the shortgrass and mixed-grass prairies of the Great Plains."

  2. 2
    any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains wordnet

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From short + grass.

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