Crabgrass
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Crabgrass is a noun meaning A marine grass of salt marshes, glasswort (Salicornia herbacea).
Meaning
A marine grass of salt marshes, glasswort (Salicornia herbacea).
More Meanings
- 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.
Example Sentences
The herb is also called of divers, Cali articulatum, or jointed Glassewort : in English, Crab-grasse, and Frog-grasse.
Word Forms
- crabgrasses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sourgrass, fingergrass, spider-panic, sprangletop, plumegrass, mannagrass.
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