matweed

English

Etymology

From mat +‎ weed.

Noun

matweed (plural matweeds)

1. Any of several maritime grasses.
   1. Nardus stricta
   2. Axonopus fissifolius (common carpetgrass)
2. Amaranthus blitoides (prostate amaranth, mat amaranth)
3. Guilleminea spp.

Synonyms

• (Axonopus fissifolius): common carpetgrass, caratao grass, Louisiana grass (US); mat grass, narrow-leaved carpet grass, Durringtion grass (Australia)

Derived terms

• small matweed (Guilleminea densa)

References

• “matweed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• matweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia