Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of certain grasses of the genus Digitaria, especially D. sanguinalis or D. ischaemum, widely naturalized in North America.
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
Etymologies
- crab + grass (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Beside the Dumpster in the crabgrass was a pallet stacked with new asphalt shingles.”
“Pre-emergent weed killers are especially effective on annual weeds, such as crabgrass and annual bluegrass.”
The Washington Post: A thick lawn can be yours with just a few steps
“Journalistic Weeds Blighting America's Political Landscape yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Journalistic Weeds Blighting America\'s Political Landscape'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: When Ben Stein argues that ethical investors must not shun military contractors, he emulates the journalistic weeds, such as "crabgrass" Bill O\'Reilly, "pigweed" Rush Limbaugh and "creeping jenny" Ann Coulter, who have blighted America\'s political landscape.”
“Other plants also are "totally tied up with our culture," he says, even reviled weeds like dandelions, once considered a decorative herb, and noxious grasses such as crabgrass and quackgrass, used to fuel the engines of commerce - horses and mules.”
“One of the trailers had Christmas decorations laid flat in its crabgrass yard.”
“The fields were dusty and thick with crabgrass, the outfield fence was temporary and collapsing, the umpires teenaged and ambivalent.”
“Off the sidewalk onto the crabgrass lawn of the schoolhouse, Boland scowls at the building.”
“These computer-modulated binders will stop time, crabgrass, back hair, whatever you've got, but considering they are a $12,625 option, they ought to.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘crabgrass’.
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Grasses
Grasses, and words about grasses.
Prairie grasses names are found in this list.
Names of medical marijuana strains can be found elsewhere.cheatgrass, downy brome, chess, brome, bronco-grass, Sudan grass, ryegrass, cocksfoot, tussock, pampas, fescue, perennial and 323 more...
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Crabby
Is it a crab? Does it have crab in its name? Does it contain the letters c-r-a-b (in that order)? Then list it!
crab, crabby, crabs, horseshoe crab, crabapple, crab grass, large crabgrass, crabgrass, Scrabble, hermit crab, king crab, robber crab and 46 more...
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What Is the Sound of One Hand Typing?
Words you can type with one hand--if you learned how to type formally. Hunt-and-peck method doesn't count. ;-) I'm keeping it to five or more letters to avoid an excessively lengthy list.
<...racecar, start, create, desert, dessert, secret, secrete, sweet, tresses, poppy, puppy, homonym and 141 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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