Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gama grass \Ga"ma grass`\ [From Gama, a cluster of the Maldive
   Islands.] (Bot.)
   A species of grass ({Tripsacum dactyloides}) tall, stout, and
   exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies,
   Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage
   grass; -- called also {sesame grass}.

Bunch grass, grazing. Far West. {Eriocoma}, {Festuca}, {Stips},
etc. Chess, or Cheat, a weed. {Bromus secalinus}, etc. Couch
grass. Same as {Quick grass} (below). Crab grass,
      (a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. {Panicum sanguinale}.
      (b) Pasture and hay. South. {Eleusine Indica}. Darnel
      (a) Bearded, a noxious weed. {Lolium temulentum}.
      (b) Common. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Drop seed, fair
          for forage and hay. {Muhlenbergia}, several species.
          English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
          grass.
      (a) Pasture and hay. {Poa serotina}.
      (b) Hay, on moist land. {Gryceria nervata}. Gama grass,
          cut fodder. South. {Tripsacum dactyloides}.