noun
grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus
• Syn: ↑smut grass, ↑blackseed, ↑Sporobolus poiretii
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sporobolus, ↑genus Sporobolus
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nounEtymology: so called from the carpetlike smoothness of its turf
1. : a tropical American pasture grass (Axonopus affinis) having broad leaves and flat prostrate stems and being useful for lawns in mild climates and also as a sand binder — called also Louisiana grass
2. : smut grass
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either of two grasses, Axonopus affinis or A. compressus, native to tropical and subtropical America.
[1900-05, Amer.]
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carpet grass,
a creeping, drought-resistant pasture grass found in the tropics and southern United States, commonly used to cover athletic fields, golf courses, and playgrounds.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.