Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large genus of grasses of the tribe Paniceæ, having commonly three glumes, and spikelets jointed singly upon undivided branches of the inflorescence, forming narrow one-sided spikes.
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- noun Any member of the
genus Paspalum of tallperennial grasses , thebahiagrasses or Dallis grasses.
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
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Examples
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They planted new turf, seashore paspalum, which is a heartier grass for Hawaii's climate.
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They planted new turf, seashore paspalum, which is a heartier grass for Hawaii's climate.
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Scientists are also developing breeds of grass that require less water, such as paspalum, which can tolerate saltwater.
Play It as It Dries 2008
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The course has been replanted with saline-tolerant varieties of paspalum grass that thrive on brackish water.
Loreto Bay: The greenest place in Baja, and quite possibly in all of Mexico! 2008
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The course has been replanted with saline-tolerant varieties of paspalum grass that thrive on brackish water.
Loreto Bay: The greenest place in Baja, and quite possibly in all of Mexico! 2008
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Other native vegetation is mainly grassland composed of seacoast bluestem, sea-oats, common reed, gulfdune paspalum, and soilbind morning-glory.
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Big bluestem was a likely dominant on the Blackland Prairie Mollisols, and little bluestem-brownseed paspalum prairie often occurred on the Fayette Prairie Alfisols.
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Vegetation is mostly mid and tall grasses such as seacoast bluestem, switchgrass, gulfdune paspalum, fringeleaf paspalum, sandbur, purple threeawn, pricklypear, and catclaw with an overstory of southern live oak and honey mesquite trees.
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Little bluestem, yellow Indiangrass, brownseed paspalum, gulf muhly, and switchgrass were the dominant grassland species, with some similarities to the grasslands of Ecoregion 32.
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Little bluestem – brownseed paspalum (S. scoparium-Paspalum plicatulum) prairie is associated with Fayette Prairie alfisols.
chained_bear commented on the word paspalum
"She liked the paspalum growing in the grass strips, the white clover with its rusty heart, the nettles poking out of chain-mail fences."
—Peter Carey, Illywhacker, 271
April 16, 2009