smut grass

smut grass
noun
grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus
Hypernyms: ↑dropseed, ↑drop-seed
Member Holonyms: ↑Sporobolus, ↑genus Sporobolus

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noun
: a grass (Sporobolus poiretii) native to the West Indies but common in the southern United States that often has its tufted wiry stems and narrow panicles infested with a fungus (Helminthosporium ravenelii) — called also blackseed, carpet grass

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smut grass,
a rushy grass growing in warm regions, with spikes usually blackened by a smut.

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