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Definition of Crabgrass
1. Noun. Grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Specialized synonyms: Crowfoot Grass, Dactyloctenium Aegypticum, Egyptian Grass, Digitaria Ischaemum, Smooth Crabgrass, Digitaria Sanguinalis, Hairy Finger Grass, Large Crabgrass
Group relationships: Digitaria, Genus Digitaria
Definition of Crabgrass
1. Noun. (botany) A member of the genus ''Digitaria'', a grass of tropical to temperate climates, and a major pest of lawns in such climates, mainly from their invasive habits and the fact they die off in the fall and winter, leaving ugly bare patches. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crabgrass
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Crabgrass
Literary usage of Crabgrass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Meadows and Pastures by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1911)
"crabgrass. — This is perhaps the most common hay grass in Florida. It is an annual
found abundantly in most cultivated fields. By some it is considered a ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1900)
"... follows : From crabgrass hay, crabgrass hay and pea-meal (2), crabgrass hay
and corn bran (2), green rape (3), crabgrass hay and rice bran (2), ..."
3. Weeds of the North Central States edited by Lloyd M. Wax, Richard S. Fawcett, Duane Isely (1999)
"SMOOTH crabgrass, Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Muhl. 5, distribution. ...
Found in same places as large crabgrass, but most commonly in lawns. ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Slender crabgrass Herbaceous annual Serpentine barrens and other dry, ...
Smooth crabgrass Herbaceous annual Disturbed soil, roadsides and waste ground. ..."
5. Conservation Tillage by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"Large crabgrass was present in both tillage systems for all locations and years.
... Antagonism of large crabgrass control resulted when sethoxydim was tank ..."
6. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"... crabgrass Cotton and noncrop areas; crabgrass Calcium arsenate 1V4-3
Ib/acre (1.68-3.36 Cotton insecticide; kg/ha) in 100 gal fruits, vegetables. ..."
7. Notes of a Private by John Milton Hubbard (1909)
"As it was, we trampled great paths through the crabgrass and spoiled a fine lot
of hay. Everybody seemed willing to halt when we got on the other side and ..."
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