Definition of dropseed in English:

noun

• A grass that readily drops its seeds.

  Genus Sporobolus, family Gramineae: several species, including the widespread North American sand dropseed (S. cryptandrus), which has a high yield of edible grain

  Example sentences

  • ‘In Nina's small attached greenhouse, bags of prairie seed await sowing: the small spheroids of prairie dropseed.’
  • ‘Page and Page listed corn, squash, beans, and some wild and semi-cultivated plants such as Indian millet, wild potato, and dropseed as staples of this period.’