crab grass

Synonyms:

crabgrass, finger grass

Types:

Dactyloctenium aegypticum, Egyptian grass, crowfoot grass

a creeping grass with spikes like fingers

Digitaria ischaemum, smooth crabgrass

a weed

Digitaria sanguinalis, hairy finger grass, large crabgrass

a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States

Type of:

grass

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