genus paspalum
Noun
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A genus of perennial grasses of warm regions (synset 112148407)
is a type of: liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedmember holonym:
- dallis grass, dallisgrass, paspalum, paspalum dilatatum - tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
- bahia grass, paspalum notatum - perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States
- knotgrass, paspalum distichum - low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
belongs to: family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
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