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Bermuda grass

–noun
a creeping grass, Cynodon dactylon, of southern Europe, grown in the southern U.S. and Bermuda for lawns and pastures.


Origin:
1800–10, Americanism
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Bermuda grass  
n.  A mat-forming perennial grass (Cynodon dactylon) widespread in warm regions and important as a lawn and pasturage grass in the southern United States. It is also common as a weed. Also called scutch grass.
scutch grass  
n.  See Bermuda grass.
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