crabgrass

English

Digitaria sanguinalis

Etymology

crab +‎ grass

Noun

crabgrass (countable and uncountable, plural crabgrasses)

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

French: digitaire (fr) f
German: Fingerhirse f

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

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