Eleusine Indica (Noun)
Meaning
Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The farmer sprayed herbicides to get rid of the eleusine indica that had infested his rice field.
- Wild grass species, such as eleusine indica, can greatly reduce yield and decrease crop quality.
- Eleusine indica is one of the most common weeds found in paddy fields in Southeast Asia.
- Herbicides are often used to control eleusine indica, but some populations have developed resistance.
- The spread of eleusine indica in tropical regions has been exacerbated by the increased use of irrigation systems.