genus zoysia

1. 1.

   lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions

   SynonymsZoisiagenus Zoisia

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus zoysia

What does genus zoysia mean?

genus zoysia means "lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions".

What is another word for genus zoysia?

Close synonyms include Zoisia, genus Zoisia. 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 genus zoysia a common word?

genus zoysia 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.