mascarene grass

mascarene grass
/mas'keuh reen"/
a creeping grass, Zoysia tenuifolia, naturalized in California and Florida, having fine leaves and shoots that make good turf.
[1955-60; after the Mascarene Islands, east of Madagascar]

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