🌾 A weed grass 🌱 Crabgrass plant

Digitaria

9.9

A grass with thin, finger-like seed heads that often grows as a weed

noun
/ˌdɪdʒɪˈtɛəriə/

Specialized

: digitaria

The characteristic finger-like seed heads make Digitaria easy to identify among other grasses.

Examples

Several species of Digitaria are known as invasive crab grasses in North America.
The lawn was overrun with Digitaria this summer.
Farmers often struggle to control Digitaria in their wheat and corn fields.
Many homeowners dislike Digitaria for its invasive growth.
Farmers often struggle to control Digitaria in their wheat and corn fields.
Several species of Digitaria are known as invasive crab grasses in North America.
Many homeowners dislike Digitaria for its invasive growth.

Synonyms

crabgrass

vsDigitaria

5 3.4

A common lawn weed with stems that grow along the ground and root easily

is the same meaning but written as two separate words

crab grass

vsDigitaria

2.5

A grass with stems that spread along the ground and root, often a weed in lawns

is identical in meaning but written as a single word

Compounds

Digitaria ischaemum

Specialized

9.9

A low-growing summer grass often seen as a weed that spreads by seed and by roots at stem joints

Digitaria sanguinalis

Specialized

9.9

A grass that often grows as a weed in lawns and fields and sometimes is used for animal feed

Surface Forms

Digitaria singular

Digitaras plural

Etymology

Digitaria comes from the Latin word digitus, which means 'finger', because the grass has finger-like seed heads. Think of the English word digit (a finger or number) to remember these crabgrasses that often grow as weeds.