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Definition of Stenotaphrum secundatum
1. Noun. Low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Stenotaphrum, Stenotaphrum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stenotaphrum Secundatum
Literary usage of Stenotaphrum secundatum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"St. Augustine grass (stenotaphrum secundatum), Fig. 530, is adapted to a wide
range of soils, but seldom succeeds except near the coast ..."
2. A Text-book of Grasses with Especial Reference to the Economic Species of by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1914)
"stenotaphrum secundatum. Upper portion of culms with inflorescence, X %; spikelet,
X 5 188 29. Pharus glaber. Plant reduced; branchlet of inflorescence with ..."
3. An Overview of Upland Rice Research: Proceedings of the 1982 Bouake, Ivory by International Rice Research Institute (1984)
"... Eleusine indica, and stenotaphrum secundatum. Among the broadleaves are
Amaranthus spinosus, Comme — lina diffusa, Cucumis melo, Crotalaria striata. ..."
4. Rice Seed Health: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Rice Seed by International Rice Research Institute, United Nations Development Programme (1988)
"... Murdannia nudiflora, and stenotaphrum secundatum), noxious weeds (red rice,
Ipomoea sp., Cyperus rotundus, Andropogon bicornis, Cynodon dactylon, ..."
5. From Conflict to Negotiation: Nature-Based Development on South Africa's by Robin Palmer, Hermann Timmermans, Derick Fay (2002)
"In many places the vegetation immediately adjacent to the sea is dominated by a
hardy and salt- tolerant buffalo grass (stenotaphrum secundatum). ..."