Bunch grass \Bunch" grass`\ (Bot.)
A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In
California, {Atropis tenuifolia}, {Festuca scabrella}, and
several kinds of {Stipa} are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah,
{Eriocoma cuspidata} is a good bunch grass.
bunch grass
n : any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or
clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of
western United States [syn: {bunchgrass}]