cynodon dactylon

1. 1.

   trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India

   SynonymsBermuda grassdevil grassBahama grasskweekdoobscutch grassstar grass

   Broadergrass

   Part ofCynodon

Questions about cynodon dactylon

What does cynodon dactylon mean?

cynodon dactylon means "trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India".

What is another word for cynodon dactylon?

Close synonyms include Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, kweek, doob. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cynodon dactylon a common word?

cynodon dactylon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.