Winterfat
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of the shrubs of genus Krascheninnikovia in the goosefoot family, especially Krascheninnikovia lanata. uncountable, usually
"Winterfat, as the name implies, is chiefly valuable on winter ranges, where it often furnishes an abundance of palatable and nutritious forage highly fattening to sheep and cattle."
Example
More examples"Winterfat, as the name implies, is chiefly valuable on winter ranges, where it often furnishes an abundance of palatable and nutritious forage highly fattening to sheep and cattle."
Etymology
From winter + fat, so called because it provides range food for grazing livestock in the winter when very little grows.
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