Bermuda grass

noun

1. a creeping grass, Cynodon dactylon, of southern Europe, grown in the southern U.S. and Bermuda for lawns and pastures.

Bermuda grass

noun

1. a widely distributed grass, Cynodon dactylon , with wiry creeping rootstocks and several purplish spikes of flowers arising from a single point: used for lawns, pasturage, binding sand dunes, etc Also calledscutch grasswire grass

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bermuda grass¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

When Augusztiny purchased the home in 1996, the traditional yard looked like many others on his street, with a Bermuda grass lawn, assorted shrubs and an apricot tree.

From Los Angeles Times

He killed his Bermuda grass lawn with cardboard and planted plants better suited for California.

From Los Angeles Times

When Augusztiny purchased the home in 1996, the traditional yard looked like many others on his street with a Bermuda grass lawn, assorted shrubs and an apricot tree.

From Los Angeles Times

When the couple purchased their first home in 2021, the front yard was an uninspired swath of Bermuda grass, an oddly placed palm that real estate agents hastily planted for staging purposes and white gravel.

From Los Angeles Times

For a recent project in San Antonio, Ten Eyck re-imagined a 6-acre property that had been covered with a lawn of invasive Bermuda grass.

From Seattle Times