ponyfoot

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noun

A plant of the genus Dichondra

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Meanings

nounponyfoot (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA plant of the genus Dichondra

    “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 Times
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    Native basalt was ground especially and mixed with concrete […] to form handsome deep gray blocks (18" x 18") which were placed in sand, the wide joints being planted to ponyfoot

    1959, Landscape Architecture, volumes 48-49, page 180

    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 76

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dichondra

Origin

From pony + foot.

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APA

ponyfoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponyfoot

MLA

“ponyfoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponyfoot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ponyfoot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponyfoot.

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