carpet grass
noun
either of two grasses, Axonopus affinis or A. compressus, native to tropical and subtropical America.
Origin of carpet grass
1An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
Words Nearby carpet grass
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How to use carpet grass in a sentence
How can Bermuda or carpet grass pasture best be established?
Florida: An Ideal Cattle State | Florida State Live Stock AssociationTo a large extent this can be obviated by plowing the pastures whenever the carpet grass seems to be obtaining the upper hand.
Florida: An Ideal Cattle State | Florida State Live Stock AssociationIf this be true, it would not be economy to go to any particular trouble to retain the Bermuda instead of the carpet grass.
Florida: An Ideal Cattle State | Florida State Live Stock AssociationAbout every Florida settlement where the town cattle graze, there is good pasture, commonly carpet grass.
Florida: An Ideal Cattle State | Florida State Live Stock AssociationIt may, indeed, be found more economical not to try to save the Bermuda after the carpet grass crowds it.
Florida: An Ideal Cattle State | Florida State Live Stock Association
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