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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the grasses in the genus Paspalum.
2. 2
   tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

dallis grassdallas grasspaspalumpaspalum dilatatumsticky heads

Etymology

After A. T. Dallis, a farmer of Georgia (US), who grew the species.

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