crab grass
noun
an annual grass, Digitaria sanguinalis, common in cultivated and waste grounds and often occurring as a pest weed in lawns.
Origin of crab grass
First recorded in 1590–1600
Words nearby crab grass
craal,
crab,
crab apple,
crab cactus,
crab canon,
crab grass,
crab louse,
crab nebula,
crab spider,
crab tree,
crab's eye
Example sentences from the Web for crab grass
It was autumn, and streaks of gray could be seen in the crab-grass.
Up Terrapin River |Opie P. ReadIn my opinion, crab-grass would answer well for pasture-grass in moist situations.
In the economy of farmers entirely up against the crab-grass in the cotton-patch, the mule is mightier than the sword.
Oklahoma Sunshine |Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller
British Dictionary definitions for crab grass
crab grass
noun
any of several coarse weedy grasses of the genus Digitaria, which grow in warm regions and tend to displace other grasses in lawns