dichondra

American  

[dahy-kon-druh] / daɪˈkɒn drə /

noun

1. any of several prostrate, creeping, tropical vines belonging to the genus Dichondra, of the morning glory family, especially D. micrantha, often used as a grass substitute for lawns.

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Etymology

Origin of dichondra

< New Latin (1776), equivalent to di- di- ¹ + -chondra (< Greek chóndr(os) grain, granule ( see chondrio- ( def. )) + -a -a ² )

Example Sentences

Dichondra, Convolvulaceæ, 368 Stigmas and sometimes styles united into one.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa