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noun
Any of a genus (Zoysia) of creeping perennial grasses of southern Asia and New Zealand having fine wiry leaves and including some suitable for lawn grasses, especially in warm regions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: grass
Narrower terms: Manila grass, Japanese carpet grass, Zoysia matrella, Korean lawn grass, Japanese lawn grass, Zoysia japonica, mascarene grass, Korean velvet grass, Zoysia tenuifolia
History
After Karl von Zois zu Laubach, Austrian botanist.
