carpet grass

noun

1. either of two grasses, Axonopus affinis or A. compressus, native to tropical and subtropical America.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carpet grass¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

How can Bermuda or carpet grass pasture best be established?

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To a large extent this can be obviated by plowing the pastures whenever the carpet grass seems to be obtaining the upper hand.

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If this be true, it would not be economy to go to any particular trouble to retain the Bermuda instead of the carpet grass.

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About every Florida settlement where the town cattle graze, there is good pasture, commonly carpet grass.

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It may, indeed, be found more economical not to try to save the Bermuda after the carpet grass crowds it.

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