What is "scutch grass"

Bermuda grass \Ber*mu"da grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of grass ( Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.

n. Bermuda grass

n. trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India [syn: Bermuda grass, devil grass, Bahama grass, kweek, doob, star grass, Cynodon dactylon]