AstroTurf · noun1
From astro- + turf, from its namesake trademark, in turn a reference to the Astrodome stadium in Houston, the first major sports venue to install artificial turf in 1966. The venue was named by its developer Roy Hofheinz, presumably a reference to the emerging identity of Houston as Space City. Originally marketed as ChemGrass.
Astroturf · verb, adjective, noun2
See AstroTurf and astroturfing.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.