Bermuda grass

American  

noun

1. a creeping grass, Cynodon dactylon, of southern Europe, grown in the southern U.S. and Bermuda for lawns and pastures.

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Bermuda grass British  

noun

1. Also called: scutch grass.   wire grass.  a widely distributed grass, Cynodon dactylon , with wiry creeping rootstocks and several purplish spikes of flowers arising from a single point: used for lawns, pasturage, binding sand dunes, etc

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Etymology

Origin of Bermuda grass

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

While Craig’s team did most of the work creating the front yard, Kolding and Estrada took on the job of removing the weeds and Bermuda grass in the parkway in front of their home.

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When Augusztiny purchased the home in 1996, the traditional yard looked like many others on his street, with a Bermuda grass lawn, assorted shrubs and an apricot tree.

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He killed his Bermuda grass lawn with cardboard and planted plants better suited for California.

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“I told them I was getting rid of the Bermuda grass,” he recalled.

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When the couple purchased their first home in 2021, the front yard was an uninspired swath of Bermuda grass, an oddly placed palm that real estate agents hastily planted for staging purposes and white gravel.

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