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mauʻu Kepanī

/ mauʻu Kepa.nī / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Velvet grass (Zoysia tenuifolia 🌐), a turf-forming lawn grass from the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Réunion). It is a dense, dark-green, fine grass, soon forming hummocks. Literally, Japanese grass.

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    • Neal 67.

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Velvet grass (Zoisia tenuifolia), a turf-forming grass. It is a dense, fine, dark-green grass that forms hummocks soon after planting. Called Japanese grass in Hawaiʻi. (NEAL 67.)

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