paspalum

See also: Paspalum

English

Etymology

From Translingual Paspalum, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpaspələm/

Noun

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 2003, p. 249:
  We returned to the crossing, passing slowly through the high rusty stands of dock weeds and the fleshy beds of dense paspalum.

Translations

a type of grass

Finnish: helmihirssi (fi)
Italian: paspalo m

Maori: tuhui, tarakoi

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