scutch grass

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scutch grass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scutch grass \Scutch" grass`\ (Bot.)
     A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass
     : also Illustration in Appendix.
     [1913 Webster]

  Bermuda grass \Ber*mu"da grass`\ (Bot.)
     A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in
     the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern
     Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called
     also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.
     [1913 Webster]

scutch grass - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  scutch grass
      n 1: trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm
           regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern
           United States and India [syn: Bermuda grass, devil grass
           , Bahama grass, kweek, doob, scutch grass,
           star grass, Cynodon dactylon]