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Definition of Dichondra
1. Noun. A creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions.
Definition of Dichondra
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Dichondra'' of prostrate perennial herbaceous plants with creeping stems. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dichondra
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dichondra
Literary usage of Dichondra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"... dichondra Forst. Char. Gen. PI. 39, /. ÍO. 1776. Five species, wanner regions
of the ... CAROLINA dichondra. ..."
2. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1905)
"319. Codeine. A case of codeine habituation is reported by Pelz.8 He believes
this is the first true case of codeine addiction to be recorded. dichondra. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"5- dichondra Forst. Char. Gen. PI. 39, /. 40 (1776). 3152. dichondra ...
dichondra repens Forst. FI. Ins. Aust. Prodr. 2(1786), name only. ..."
4. Turf for Golf Courses by Charles Vancouver Piper, Russell Arthur Oakley (1917)
"dichondra is a very frequent weed in turf in the South. On putting-greens it
provides a surface as good or possibly slightly better than White Clover. ..."
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