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Noun: blackseed
  1. Grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus
    "blackseed spread throughout the pasture";
    - smut grass, carpet grass, Sporobolus poiretii

Derived forms: blackseeds

Type of: dropseed, drop-seed

Part of: genus Sporobolus, Sporobolus

Encyclopedia: Blackseed