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crab grass
noun
- an annual grass, Digitaria sanguinalis, common in cultivated and waste grounds and often occurring as a pest weed in lawns.
crab grass
noun
- any of several coarse weedy grasses of the genus Digitaria, which grow in warm regions and tend to displace other grasses in lawns
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crab grass1
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences
In the economy of farmers entirely up against the crab-grass in the cotton-patch, the mule is mightier than the sword.
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In another column a Kansas correspondent speaks of the crab grass in an exceedingly favorable way.
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Last spring I fenced twelve acres of old stalk ground well seeded to crab grass.
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It is known as crop grass, crab grass, wire grass, and crow's foot (Eleusine Indica).
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In my opinion, crab-grass would answer well for pasture-grass in moist situations.
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