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zoysia

[ zoi-see-uh, -zee-uh, -shuh, -zhuh ]

noun

  1. any of several low-growing grasses of the genus Zoysia, especially Z. matrella, native to tropical Asia and widely used for lawns.


zoysia

/ ˈɔɪɪə /

noun

  1. any creeping perennial grass of the genus Zoysia, of warm dry regions, having short stiffly pointed leaves: often used for lawns
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of zoysia1

1920–25; named after Karl von Zois (died 1800), German botanist; -ia
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of zoysia1

C19: from New Latin, named after Karl von Zois (died 1800), German botanist
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“The key out here is absolutely to get the ball in the fairway because playing out of this zoysia rough, you just have no clue what it’s going to do.”

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He mows them at two inches, but they can be kept shorter: three-quarters of an inch for bermudagrass, an inch for zoysia.

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He tended exactingly to his zoysia lawn and his flower beds, which he ruled inaccessible for trampling by grandchildren.

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The zoysia grass that covers the course dried remarkably well, but it was still closed to spectators.

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There, tour players faced a new strain of zoysia grass named for the club, which Kauff had tightly shaved everywhere to be firm, dry and springy.

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