mascarene grass

noun

mas·​ca·​rene grass

¦maskə¦rēn-

: an Asiatic creeping perennial grass (Zoysia tenuifolia) introduced into the southern U.S. as a drought-resistant turf grass that has threadlike capillary leaves and flowers in a narrow compressed spike

called also Korean velvet grass

Word History

Etymology

Mascarene islands, in the Indian ocean east of Madagascar

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