There were minor discrepancies in the two sets of definitions. These discrepancies were resolved so that both lists are identical as far as these terms are concerned. Also, there were about 50 terms in the forage and grazing terminology glossary that were not in the CSSA glossary. We are grateful to the Committee for giving us permission to add those terms to our glossary, so that it is as complete as possible with respect to grazing terms. Additional cross-references may appear at the end of the definition.
Many entries have usage notes.
These typically recommend a particular form, clarify grammatical usage, provide detail for manuscript preparation, comment on the definition. or just add information that doesn't easily fit anywhere else. These notes are neither exhaustive nor absolute. The lists were generated from a computer database, and some oddities of alphabetic order may remain, especially in words with hyphens or symbols. Main entries for compound terms are most often alphabetized under the first word of the phrase, but may also be listed in inverted order. Thus, for example, restriction endonuclease is found under R, but the definition of physical amendment is found under A, for amendment, physical .