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zoys·ia (zo̵isē ə, zo̵is̸hə)

noun

☆ any of a genus (Zoysia) of creeping, wiry grasses, often used for lawns, esp. in warm, dry regions

Etymology: ModL, altered after Zoisia, so named after Karl von Zois, 18th-c. Ger botanist

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