paspalum
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See also: Paspalum
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From translingual Paspalum, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]paspalum (plural paspalums)
- Any member of the genus Paspalum of tall perennial grasses, the bahiagrasses or Dallis grasses.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 249:
- We returned to the crossing, passing slowly through the high rusty stands of dock weeds and the fleshy beds of dense paspalum.