paspalum

British  

/ pæsˈpeɪləm /

noun

1. any of various grasses of the genus Paspalum of Australia and New Zealand having wide leaves

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Etymology

Origin of paspalum

from New Latin, from Greek paspalos , a variety of millet

Example Sentences

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paspalum

This week it’s all breathable sea air and mid-70s wonder, but he remembers heat and humidity and how the “paspalum was really strong and dense and lush,” and it’s always hard to forget lush paspalum.

From Washington Post ● May 19, 2021

Samora was piling the paspalum onto a dry section of the backyard his father used to burn garden waste.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2021

Last year at Marlins Park, with her black cleats planted in the manicured paspalum grass in center field, Jessica Mendoza lived a dream that had only felt possible in childhood daydreams.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2018

Drought-tolerant Zeon zoysia grass was sprigged everywhere but on the greens, which are Seashore paspalum, a hedge against the possibility that pure groundwater might someday become brackish from the nearby Atlantic.

From Golf Digest ● Jul. 13, 2016

I don't know of anything so tiring as trying to wade through a paspalum paddock in seed.

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.