Definition of Cynodon dactylon

1. Noun. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India.

Exact synonyms: Bahama Grass, Bermuda Grass, Devil Grass, Doob, Kweek, Scutch Grass, Star Grass
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Cynodon, Genus Cynodon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynodon Dactylon

Cynara
Cynara cardunculus
Cynara scolymus
Cyndi
Cynewulf
Cynic
Cynical
Cynicism
Cynics
Cynipidae
Cynips
Cynocephalidae
Cynocephalus
Cynocephalus variegatus
Cynodon
Cynodon dactylon (current term)
Cynodon plectostachyum
Cynodontia
Cynoglossidae
Cynoglossum
Cynoglossum amabile
Cynoglossum officinale
Cynoglossum virginaticum
Cynomys
Cynomys gunnisoni
Cynomys ludovicianus
Cynopterus
Cynopterus sphinx
Cynoscephalae
Cynoscion

Literary usage of Cynodon dactylon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"Ligule composed of soft Bermuda Grass Cynodon dactylon hairs. Leaves i'-2i' long, \"-2" wide. Spikes 3-5, narrow, ¡'-3' long, spreading from the summit of ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial ...by Edward Balfour by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Cynodon dactylon. CYNARA CARDUNCULUS, the сат- doon, is similar to the garden artichoke, but grows much higher, though cultivated similarly to the artichoke ..."

3. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock (1893)
"Valves of corolla pointed, the inner one rather the largest. Cynodon dactylon, Pen. Fig.—En/j. Bot. xii., t. ..."

4. The Grasses of Iowa by Louis Hermann Pammel, Julius Buel Weems, F. Lamson-Scribner (1904)
"The Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, is widely naturalized. 1. Cynodon dactylon. Cynodon dactylon Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 85. 1805. Watson and Coulter. Gray. Man. ..."

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