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Grasses with creeping stems that root freely
Answer for the clue "Grasses with creeping stems that root freely ", 9 letters:
crabgrass
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Word definitions for crabgrass in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from crab (n.1) + grass . Originally a marine grass of salt marshes; modern meaning is from 1743. Perhaps partly for its crooked form.
Usage examples of crabgrass.
And the house that seemed to crouch between them had no lawn anymore, eitherjust a tangle of heat-blanched goatsfoot and crabgrass and a single incredibly stubborn patch of dusty, wilted pachysandra that had refused to die even though no one ever watered it now.
Also a Salicornia, or jointed Glasswort, or Saltwort, or Crabgrass, is sold as Samphire for a pickle, in the Italian oil shops.
He had added little bunches of witchgrass and crabgrass, surrounding clusters of tiny buttercups.