Used as a grass substitute in warm regions

• A creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the genus (taxlink Dichondra genus noshow=1) of prostrate perennial herbaceous plants with creeping stems.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions [syn: Dichondra micrantha ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Dichondra is a small genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae . They are prostrate, perennial , herbaceous plants, with creeping stems which take root readily at the leaf nodes. The flowers are white, greenish or yellowish, ...