HyperDic: sporobolus_poiretii

English > 1 sense of the expression *Sporobolus poiretii*:
NOUN	plant	Sporobolus poiretii, smut grass, blackseed, carpet grass	grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus

English > *Sporobolus poiretii*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus.
Synonyms	smut grass, blackseed, carpet grass
Member of	Sporobolus, genus Sporobolus	cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass)
Broader	dropseed, drop-seed	A grass of the genus Sporobolus