HyperDic: smut_grass

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

English > *smut grass*: 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	blackseed, carpet grass, Sporobolus poiretii
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