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Gardener's bane
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crabgrass
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Because the boomerang is like crabgrass , Tom Arnold and Strom Thurmond, it keeps coming back. ▪ In my case, before becoming a Snavely winner, I was but crabgrass in the Garden of Physics.
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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns [syn: crab grass , finger grass ]
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.