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crab grass

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noun

an annual grass, Digitaria sanguinalis, common in cultivated and waste grounds and often occurring as a pest weed in lawns.

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Nearby words

craal, crab, crab apple, crab cactus, crab canon, crab grass, crab louse, crab nebula, crab spider, crab tree, crab's eye

Origin of crab grass

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Examples from the Web for crab grass

  • It was autumn, and streaks of gray could be seen in the crab-grass.

    Up Terrapin River|Opie P. Read

  • In my opinion, crab-grass would answer well for pasture-grass in moist situations.

    Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume X|Various

  • In the economy of farmers entirely up against the crab-grass in the cotton-patch, the mule is mightier than the sword.

    Oklahoma Sunshine|Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller

British Dictionary definitions for crab grass

crab grass

noun

any of several coarse weedy grasses of the genus Digitaria, which grow in warm regions and tend to displace other grasses in lawns
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