crabgrass
crabgrass 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.
Noun
crabgrass (countable and uncountable, plural crabgrasses)
- 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.
- A marine grass of salt marshes, glasswort (Salicornia herbacea)
- The herb is also called of divers, Cali articulatum, or jointed Glassewort : in English, Crab-grasse, and Frog-grasse.1597, John Gerard, The Herball Or Generall Historie of Plantes
Forms of crabgrass
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Origin of crabgrass
From crab + grass.
Words formed from crabgrass
- Arizona crabgrass
- hairy crabgrass
- Asian crabgrass
- Caribbean crabgrass
- Carolina crabgrass
- dwarf crabgrass
- East Indian crabgrass
- Eggers' crabgrass
- Florida crabgrass
- Isle of Pines crabgrass
- Indian crabgrass
- Jamaican crabgrass
- longleaf crabgrass
- Madagascar crabgrass
- millet crabgrass
- naked crabgrass
- Natal crabgrass
- roadside crabgrass
- sand crabgrass
- shaggy crabgrass
- shortleaf crabgrass
- slender crabgrass
- smooth crabgrass
- southern crabgrass
- Texas crabgrass
- trailing crabgrass
- tropical crabgrass
- twospike crabgrass
- velvet crabgrass
- violet crabgrass
- yellow crabgrass
Questions about crabgrass
- What does crabgrass mean?
- Crabgrass means 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.
- What part of speech is crabgrass?
- Crabgrass is a noun.
- What is the plural of crabgrass?
- The plural of crabgrass is crabgrasses.
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