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Bermuda grass

noun

Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India. Synonyms: Bahama grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, doob, kweek, scutch grass, star grass.

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"Bermuda grass" Quotes from Famous Books

... contention.—In growing a lawn at the Michigan Agricultural College, a little Bermuda grass was scattered with June grass, and the struggle has been most interesting. In the spring and for six weeks in autumn, when moisture usually abounds and the weather is cool, June grass thrives and little else is seen. ...

— Seed Dispersal • William J. Beal

... plants. Find some black raspberry plants and notice that some of the canes have bent over and taken root at the tips sending up a new shoot and thus forming a new plant. You know how rapidly wire grass and Bermuda grass will overrun the garden or farm. One way in which they do this is by sending out underground stems which take root at the joints and so ...

— The First Book of Farming • Charles L. Goodrich