Meanings
plural paspalums
- Any member of the genus Paspalum of tall perennial grasses, the bahiagrasses or Dallis grasses.First known use 18th c.
We returned to the crossing, passing slowly through the high rusty stands of dock weeds and the fleshy beds of dense paspalum.
1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 2491 more example
The paspalum blades they had walked over were mostly intact, green leaves with near-invisible lines of teeny tiny veins running the length of them, delivering food and water, same as veins did for a person.
2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 61
Synonyms & antonyms
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
- Koine Greekπάσπαλος“type of millet”
- translingualPaspalum
- Englishpaspalum
From translingual Paspalum (genus name), from Koine Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”).
More words from translingual, Koine Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish helmihirssi
- helmihirssia type of grass
Italian paspalo
- paspaloa type of grass
Māori tuhui, tarakoi
- tuhuia type of grass
- tarakoia type of grass
Russian па́спалум, па́спалюм
- па́спалум (páspalum)a type of grass
- па́спалюм (páspaljum)a type of grass
Cite this entry
paspalum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paspalum
“paspalum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paspalum. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paspalum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paspalum.
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