noun
low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass
• Syn: ↑Stenotaphrum secundatum, ↑buffalo grass
• Hypernyms: ↑grass
• Member Holonyms: ↑Stenotaphrum, ↑genus Stenotaphrum
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a low, mat-forming grass, Stenotaphrum secundatum, of the southern U.S. and tropical America, that is cultivated as a lawn grass. Also called buffalo grass.
[1930-35; after ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.