Paspalum

//ˈpaspələm// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of the genus Paspalum of tall perennial grasses, the bahiagrasses or Dallis grasses.

    "We returned to the crossing, passing slowly through the high rusty stands of dock weeds and the fleshy beds of dense paspalum."

  2. 2
    tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States wordnet

Synonyms

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dallis grassdallisgrassdallisgrasspaspalum dilatatum

Example

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"We returned to the crossing, passing slowly through the high rusty stands of dock weeds and the fleshy beds of dense paspalum."

Etymology

From translingual Paspalum (genus name), from Koine Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”).

Related phrases

brownseed paspalumcreeping paspalum

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