ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does St. Augustine grass mean? 

• ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS (noun)
  The noun ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS has 1 sense:

1. low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass

  Familiarity information: ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buffalo grass; St. Augustine grass; Stenotaphrum secundatum

Hypernyms ("St. Augustine grass" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Holonyms ("St. Augustine grass" is a member of...):

genus Stenotaphrum; Stenotaphrum (lawn grasses)