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di⋅chon⋅dra

[dahy-kon-druh]
–noun
any of several prostrate, creeping, tropical vines belonging to the genus Dichondra, of the morning glory family, esp. D. micrantha, often used as a grass substitute for lawns.

Origin:
< NL (1776), equiv. to di- di- 1 + -chondra (< Gk chóndr(os) grain, granule (see chondria-) + -a -a 2 )
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di·chon·dra   (dī-kŏn'drə)   
n.  A small creeping herb (Dichondra micrantha) commercially cultivated as a substitute for lawn grass.

[New Latin, genus name : di-1 + Greek khondros, granule; see chondro-.]
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