zoysia

zoy·sia  (zoish, -zh, -s-, -z-)

n.

Any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia, native to southeast Asia and New Zealand and widely cultivated for lawns.

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[New Latin Zoysia, genus name, after Karl von Zois zu Laubach (1756-1800?), Austrian botanist.]

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zoysia - any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay genus Zoisia, genus Zoysia, Zoisia - lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions Japanese carpet grass, Manila grass, Zoysia matrella - lawn grass common in the Philippines; grown also in United States Japanese lawn grass, Korean lawn grass, Zoysia japonica - lawn grass common in China and Japan; grown also in United States Korean velvet grass, mascarene grass, Zoysia tenuifolia - Asiatic creeping perennial grass; introduced in southern United States as a drought-resistant lawn grass