ˌstenəˈtafrəm noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from sten- + Greek taphros ditch; akin to Greek thaptein to bury — more at epitaph
: a small genus of grasses found in Malaysia and along the seacoast of America and having creeping stems and one-flowered spikelets on one side of a flat corky rachis — see saint augustine grass 1