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)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• brownseed paspalum
• creeping paspalum (Paspalum scrobiculatum, syn. Paspalum frumentaceum)

Translations

a type of grass

• Finnish: helmihirssi (fi)
• Italian: paspalo m
• Maori: tuhui, tarakoi