CARPET GRASS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus

Synonyms:

blackseed; carpet grass; smut grass; Sporobolus poiretii

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("carpet grass" is a kind of...):

drop-seed; dropseed (a grass of the genus Sporobolus)

Holonyms ("carpet grass" is a member of...):

genus Sporobolus; Sporobolus (cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass))