ˈman-grass W. Indies.
[Cf. mand n.2: but the currency of an East-Indian word in Barbados in 1672 would need explanation.]
The name in Barbados for the gramineous plant Eleusine indica.
| 1672 R. Blome Descr. Jamaica, etc. 77 (Barbados) The Mangrass-Tree, which is of an exceeding greatness. 1848 Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 586 Eleusina indica,..Man Grass. |