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Cynodon dactylon

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scutch grass \Scutch" grass`\ (Bot.)
   A kind of pasture grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}). See {Bermuda
   grass}: also Illustration in Appendix.

Bermuda grass \Ber*mu"da grass`\ (Bot.)
   A kind of grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}) esteemed for pasture in
   the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern
   Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called
   also {scutch grass}, and in Bermuda, {devil grass}.

Barnyard grass, for hay. South. {Panicum Grus-galli}. Bent,
pasture and hay. {Agrostis}, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. {Cynodon Dactylon}. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. {Poa compressa}. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. {Aqropyrum glaucum}. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
      (a) {Buchlo["e] dectyloides}.
      (b) Same as {Grama grass} (below).

Hariali grass \Ha`ri*a"li grass`\ (Bot.)
   The East Indian name of the {Cynodon Dactylon}; dog's-grass.

Source : WordNet®

Cynodon dactylon
     n : trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm
         regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in
         southern United States and India [syn: {Bermuda grass}, {devil
         grass}, {Bahama grass}, {kweek}, {doob}, {scutch grass},
         {star grass}]
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