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paspalum|ˈpæspələm|
[mod.L. (Linnæus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1759) II. 855), f. Gk. πάσπαλος a kind of millet.]
An annual or perennial grass of the genus so called, native to warm regions, especially South America, and cultivated elsewhere for fodder. Also attrib.
1772R. Weston Universal Botanist III. 547 Round-flowered American Paspalum. 1857Ann. Rep. Mass. Board Agric. IV. 84 Hairy Slender Paspalum..has an erect or decumbent, slender culm, from one to two feet high. 1884G. Vasey Agric. Grasses U.S. 31 Paspalum laeve. (Smooth paspalum.) This species grows from 2 to 4 feet high... Paspalum dilitatum. (Hairy-flowered paspalum.) 1906Chambers's Jrnl. 24 Feb. 207/2 Paspalum Grass..has been known in the United States since 1880, where it is called hairy and flowered paspalum. 1926Brit. Weekly 12 Aug. 392/3 There's a corner of paspalum down there on the creek that would do your two eyes good to see. 1929Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herbarium XXVIII. i. 4 Paspalum-grass..was introduced into the southern United States from Uruguay or Argentina about the middle of the last century. Ibid. 5 The seeds of paspalum are eaten by a large number of birds. 1940A. Upfield Bushranger of Skies x. 111 Bony stepped off the veranda..and..trod the yielding paspalum grass lawn to arrive at the bottom fence. 1962Coast to Coast 1961–62 94 In no time weeds and paspalum had hidden the grave. 1970A. T. Semple Grassland Improvement 381/2 Brownseed paspalum. 1977N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 52/3 Rhizomatous grasses—such as paspalum..—are not controlled with paraquat. |