Definitions for crab-grass

crab-grass crab grass

Crab-Grass is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in crab-grass (-aabcgrrss).

Definitions for crab-grass

noun

  1. an annual grass, Digitaria sanguinalis, common in cultivated and waste grounds and often occurring as a pest weed in lawns.

Origin of crab-grass

First recorded in 1590-1600

Examples for crab-grass

In June crab grass sprang up on the ground, and being cut when in blossom, produced a good crop of hay in August.

The bulk of the hay now produced is from the crab grass that volunteers in cultivated fields.

Last spring I fenced twelve acres of old stalk ground well seeded to crab grass.

crab grass and weeds appearing in the hill are removed by hand.

This would mean that sometimes, as where crab grass has a firm hold, disking may be necessary at least for a time every spring.

In another column a Kansas correspondent speaks of the crab grass in an exceedingly favorable way.

Blue grass frequently behaves thus in the North, and crab grass in the South.

It is known as crop grass, crab grass, wire grass, and crow's foot (Eleusine Indica).

Word Value for crab-grass
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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