crabgrass

English

Etymology

crab +‎ grass

Noun

crabgrass (countable and uncountable, plural crabgrasses)

1. Those members of the genus Digitaria, grasses of tropical to temperate climates, which are pests of lawns, mainly from their invasive habits and the fact they die off in the fall and winter, leaving ugly bare patches.

Derived terms

terms derived from crabgrass

• Arizona crabgrass
• hairy crabgrass
• Asian crabgrass
• Caribbean crabgrass
• Carolina crabgrass
• dwarf crabgrass
• East Indian crabgrass
• Eggers' crabgrass
• Florida crabgrass
• Isle of Pines crabgrass
• Indian crabgrass
• Jamaican crabgrass
• longleaf crabgrass
• Madagascar crabgrass
• millet crabgrass

• naked crabgrass
• Natal crabgrass
• roadside crabgrass
• sand crabgrass
• shaggy crabgrass
• shortleaf crabgrass
• slender crabgrass
• smooth crabgrass
• southern crabgrass
• Texas crabgrass
• trailing crabgrass
• tropical crabgrass
• twospike crabgrass
• velvet crabgrass
• violet crabgrass
• yellow crabgrass

Translations

Digitaria

• Bulgarian: кръвно просо n (krǎvno proso)
• French: digitaire (fr) f
• German: Fingerhirse f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norman: pid-d'alouette m
• Welsh: crancwellt m

References

• crabgrass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Digitaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Digitaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• crabgrass at USDA Plants database