noun
lawn grasses
• Syn: ↑genus Stenotaphrum
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms:
↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family
• Member Meronyms: ↑St. Augustine grass, ↑Stenotaphrum secundatum, ↑buffalo grass
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\\ˌstenəˈtafrəm\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from sten- + Greek taphros ditch; akin to Greek thaptein to bury — more at epitaph
: a small genus of grasses found in Malaysia and along the seacoast of America and having creeping stems and one-flowered spikelets on one side of a flat corky rachis — see saint augustine grass 1
Useful english dictionary. 2012.