crabgrass
English
Digitaria sanguinalis
Etymology
crab + grass
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 ugly bare patches.
Derived terms
terms derived 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
Translations
Digitaria
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References
- crabgrass at USDA Plants database