PASPALUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paspalum mean? 

• PASPALUM (noun)
  The noun PASPALUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PASPALUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASPALUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dallis grass; dallisgrass; paspalum; Paspalum dilatatum

Hypernyms ("paspalum" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Holonyms ("paspalum" is a member of...):

genus Paspalum (a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions)