Meanings
plural dichondras
- Any of the genus Dichondra of prostrate perennial herbaceous plants with creeping stems.
“That’s silver ponyfoot,” she said, using the apt common name for a kind of dichondra.
2007 August 16, Anne Raver, “A Connecticut Hillside of Feisty Beauties”, in New York Times1 more example
But the Agricultural Extension Services in several southern states have listed dichondra — a member of the bindweed family — under "weeds," where it appears by the name ponyfoot.
1964, LAWNS GROUNDS AND COVERS, page 76Synonyms: ponyfoot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the genus Dichondra of prostrate perennial herbaceous plants with creeping stems.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the genus name.
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