scutch grass

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and IndiaSynonyms: Bermuda grassdevil grassBahama grasskweekdoobscutch grassstar grassCynodon dactylon
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Scutch grass \Scutch" grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]

Bermuda grass \Ber*mu"da grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass. [1913 Webster]
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