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Definition of St. augustine grass

1. Noun. Low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass.

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Augustine Grass

Literary usage of St. augustine grass

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

1. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"st. augustine grass St. Augustine grass is much used as a upper part of a plant showing mucky ... St Augustine grass."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The introduced for-rn of st. augustine grass in one of the- most valuable lawn grasses for- the extreme South. it will grow on almost any soil and thrives ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"st. augustine grass. (Fig. 530.) A creeping grass with flat stems and obtuse leaves, found in the southern states, mostly near the coast, as far north as ..."

4. A Text-book of Grasses with Especial Reference to the Economic Species of by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1914)
"St. Augustine- grass is a coarse-leaved species used on moist, mucky soil of the lower coastal region. It is in use as far north as Wilmington, ..."

5. Ornamental Gardening in Florida by Charles Torrey Simpson (1916)
"... the St. Lucie grass, a variety of the Bermuda grass which does not produce underground runners; the St. Augustine grass, which is a strong grower, ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"The introduced form of St. Augustine grass is one of the most valuable lawn grasses for the extreme South. It will grow on almost any soil and thrives even ..."

7. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The most satisfactory and popular are Bermuda grass, joint grass, and St. Augustine grass. The first is usually propagated by passing the roots, ..."

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