Meanings
plural dallisgrasses
- Any of the grasses in the genus Paspalum.
Synonyms: Dallas grass, dallis grass, sticky heads
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the grasses in the genus Paspalum.
More synonyms by meaning
nountall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
After A. T. Dallis, a farmer of Georgia (US), who grew the species.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
dallisgrass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dallisgrass
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