a widely distributed grass, Cynodon dactylon, with wiry creeping rootstocks and several purplish spikes of flowers arising from a single point: used for lawns, pasturage, binding sand dunes, etc
Also called: scutch grass, wire grass
Bermuda grass in American English
US
a creeping perennial grass (Cynodon dactylon) widely grown in warm climates as a lawn or pasture grass, esp. in the S U.S.