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Meaning of crabgrass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Those members of the genus Digitaria, grasses of tropical to temperate climates, which are pests of lawns, mainly from their invasive habits and the fact they die off in the fall and winter, leaving bare patches.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A marine grass of salt marshes, glasswort (Salicornia herbacea)
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Fingerhirse
Français digitaire
한국어 바랭이
Nederlands vingergras
Русский роси́чка

Examples

“The herb is also called of divers, Cali articulatum, or jointed Glassewort : in English, Crab-grasse, and Frog-grasse.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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