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noun
Any member of the genus Paspalum of tall perennial grasses, the bahiagrasses or Dallis grasses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dallisgrass, dallis grass, Paspalum dilatatum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grass
History
From translingual Paspalum (genus name), from Koine Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”).
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
