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Definition of Smut grass
1. Noun. Grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus.
Group relationships: Genus Sporobolus, Sporobolus
Generic synonyms: Drop-seed, Dropseed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smut Grass
| smurfs smurfy smurred smurrier smurriest smurring smurry smurs smushed smushes | smushing smushy smut fungus smutch smutched smutches smutchier smutchiest smutchin smutching | smutchy smuthounds smutmonger smutmongers smuts |
Literary usage of Smut grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Agricultural Grasses of the United States by George Vasey, Clifford Richardson (1884)
"(smut grass.) This grass is a native of India, but has spread over most tropical
and warm climates. It occurs more or less abundantly in all the Southern ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... or "smut grass," was originally introduced from the West Indies. It soon forms
large tufts, with tall, wiry stems, whose panicles are usually covered ..."
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