英:[gə'jetə]
美:[gə'jetə]
英:[gə'jetə]
美:[gə'jetə]
noun
either of two perennial grasses (Hilaria rigida and H. jamesii synonym Pleuraphis rigida and P. jamesii) chiefly of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico used for forage
borrowed from American Spanish (California, Arizona, New Mexico) galleta, guieta, of unknown origin
The first known use of galleta was in 1872
1 Specific to Arizona, galleta, sand dropseed, Indian rice grass and grama grass are better for growing during a drought than fescue, rye and Kentucky bluegrass, Hauser says.
2 Other recent blooms include a native grass called needle grama, brittle creosote, desert senna, Acton encelia or brittlebush, and big galleta grass.
3 Some grass species in these habitats include red oat grass and Rhodes grass in tropical savannas, and purple needlegrass and galleta in temperate areas.