Meaning
A tall, leafy fodder grass — brought from West Africa (Guinea) — grown and cut to feed cattle, goats, and horses. Cutting 'guinea grass' with a machete and toting it home to the animals, or turning them out to graze on it, is a daily task of country life. Rich and fast-growing, it is one of the mainstay pasture and cut-and-carry grasses of Jamaican livestock farming.
Examples
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Him cut guinea grass fi feed di cow.
He cut guinea grass to feed the cow.
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Di goat dem graze pon di guinea grass.
The goats graze on the guinea grass.
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Guinea grass grow tall inna di rainy season.
Guinea grass grows tall in the rainy season.
Origin
From 'Guinea' (its West African origin) + 'grass'; a fodder grass. See [[razor-grass]], [[tie-out]].
How it’s used
A tall West-African fodder grass for livestock. See [[razor-grass]], [[tie-out]].