Bermuda grass

noun

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

Bermuda grass

noun

1. 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 Also calledscutch grasswire grass

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bermuda grass¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10