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noun
Those members of the genus Digitaria, grasses of tropical to temperate climates, which are pests of lawns, mainly from their invasive habits and the fact they die off in the fall and winter, leaving bare patches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A marine grass of salt marshes, glasswort (Salicornia herbacea)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: crab grass, finger grass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grass
Narrower terms: Egyptian grass, crowfoot grass, Dactyloctenium aegypticum, smooth crabgrass, Digitaria ischaemum, large crabgrass, hairy finger grass, Digitaria sanguinalis
History
From crab + grass.
Across languages
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