any of various grasses of the genus Paspalum of Australia and New Zealand having wide leaves
Word origin
from New Latin, from Greek paspalos, a variety of millet
Examples of 'paspalum' in a sentence
paspalum
Paspalum vaginatum appears to be a species with xeromorphic characteristics.
Eleci de Oliveria Bastos, Mara Perazzolo, Jusseli Maria Rocha Baptista 1992, 'Variação do número de estômatos e micropêlos em Paspalum vaginatum Sw: em relaçãoàs condições abióticas numa marisma do estuário da Lagoa dos Patos, RS-Brasil Variationin the number of stomata and microhairs of Paspalum vaginatum Sw: en relation to abioticconditions in a breakwater in the Lagoa dos Patos estuary, RS-Brazil', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33061992000200007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Among pure species the preference was the following: tifton 85, white clover, paspalum.
Maurício Oikawa, Rosangela Locatelli Dittrich, Edilson Batista de Oliveira, Anibalde Moraes, Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho, João Ricardo Dittrich, Flávia Thais Vieirade Souza, Flávio dos Santos 2007, 'COMPORTAMENTO INGESTIVO DE EQÜINOS EM PASTEJO SOBRE DIFERENTES DOSSÉIS GRAZING BEHAVIORHORSES ON DIFFERENT SWARDS', Ciência Animal Brasileirahttp://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/vet/article/view/1162. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Paspalum genotypes presented variability in total dry matter, leaf dry mass, leaf: stem ratio, and tolerance to cold.
Eder Alexandre Minski da Motta, Miguel Dall'Agnol, Felipe Link Nascimento, EmersonAndré Pereira, Juliana Medianeira Machado, Marlon Risso Barbosa, Carine Simioni, PriscilaBecker Ferreira 2016, 'Forage performance of Paspalum hybrids from an interspecific cross', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000601025&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)