(See quots.)
a. 1818. M. G. Lewis, Jrnl. W. Ind. (1834), 251. Many years ago, a new species of grass was imported into Jamaica, by Mr. Vassal…. This nuisance, which is called ‘Vassal’s grass,’… has now completely overrun the parish of Westmoreland.
1885. Lady Brassey, The Trades, 262. The greater part of it was a coarse-looking but sweet herbage, called Vassal’s grass.
