ponyfoot

English

ponyfoot

Etymology

From pony +‎ foot.

Noun

ponyfoot (uncountable)

1. A plant of the genus Dichondra
   • 1959, Landscape Architecture‎^[1], volumes 48-49, page 180:

     Native basalt was ground especially and mixed with concrete […] to form handsome deep gray blocks (18" x 18") which were placed in sand, the wide joints being planted to ponyfoot

   • 1964, LAWNS GROUNDS AND COVERS‎^[2], page 76:

     But the Agricultural Extension Services in several southern states have listed dichondra — a member of the bindweed family — under "weeds," where it appears by the name ponyfoot.

   • 2007 August 16, Anne Raver, “A Connecticut Hillside of Feisty Beauties”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     “That’s silver ponyfoot,” she said, using the apt common name for a kind of dichondra.

Translations

Dichondra

Further reading

• ponyfoot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dichondra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dichondra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• ponyfoot at USDA Plants database