Definition of Stenotaphrum secundatum

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

Exact synonyms: Buffalo Grass, St. Augustine Grass
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Stenotaphrum, Stenotaphrum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stenotaphrum Secundatum

Sten gun
Sten guns
Stendhal
Stendhalian
Stengel
Stennian
Stenocarpus
Stenocarpus salignus
Stenocarpus sinuatus
Stenochlaena
Stenopelmatidae
Stenopelmatus
Stenopelmatus fuscus
Stenopterygius quadrisicissus
Stenotaphrum
Stenotaphrum secundatum (current term)
Stenotomus
Stenotomus aculeatus
Stenotomus chrysops
Stenotus
Stenotus acaulis
Stentoronic
Stepanakert
Stepford
Steph
Stephane Grappelli
Stephane Mallarme
Stephanie
Stephanie Graf
Stephanies

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). ..."

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