noun
- a low-growing annual plant with small leaves and flowers, found in warm regions and often considered a weed in lawns and gardens
Usage: common in North America; botanical name: Phyla nodiflora or Phyllanthus niruri, depending on regional usage
Examples
- The carpetweed spread across the lawn during the hot summer months.
- Gardeners often struggle to remove carpetweed from their flower beds.
- Carpetweed thrives in moist, disturbed soil.
- The dense mat of carpetweed covered the bare patches in the yard.
- Unlike tall weeds, carpetweed grows close to the ground and is difficult to pull out.