Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A South American perennial grass (Paspalum dilatatum) having long seedheads, grown for pasturage in the southern United States and often occurring as a weed in lawns.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a tall tufted perennial tropical American grass (
Paspalum dilatatum ) naturalized as pasture and forage grass in the southern U.S.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
- noun tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After A.T. Dallis, 19th-century American farmer who promoted its use as pasturage.]
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