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carpet grass

noun

  1. either of two grasses, Axonopus affinis or A. compressus, native to tropical and subtropical America.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of carpet grass1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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The slopes and low hills that fell gently toward the river only appeared welcoming; underneath vines, carpet grass, wild grape, hibiscus and wood sorrel, the ground was as porous as a sieve.

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By the day he was led into a van one early morning, a fuzz of hair, like carpet grass, had covered his entire jaw.

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How can Bermuda or carpet grass pasture best be established?

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About every Florida settlement where the town cattle graze, there is good pasture, commonly carpet grass.

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To a large extent this can be obviated by plowing the pastures whenever the carpet grass seems to be obtaining the upper hand.

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