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zoysia - 2 dictionary results

zoy⋅si⋅a

[zoi-see-uh, -zee-uh, -shuh, -zhuh]
–noun
any of several low-growing grasses of the genus Zoysia, esp. Z. matrella, native to tropical Asia and widely used for lawns.

Origin:
1920–25; named after Karl von Zois (d. 1800), German botanist; see -ia
zoy·sia   (zoi'shə, -zhə, -sē-ə, -zē-ə)   
n.  Any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia, native to southeast Asia and New Zealand and widely cultivated for lawns.

[New Latin Zoysia, genus name, after Karl von Zois zu Laubach (1756-1800?), Austrian botanist.]
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