English Explanatory Dictionary

Para grass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An African grass, Urochloa mutica, used for fodder.
noun
  1. A tall rather coarse grass (Panicum molle) grown in the tropics for pasturage, and introduced into the southern United States.
  2. A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.
  3. An African grass, Urochloa mutica (or Brachiaria mutica), widely introduced elsewhere as a fodder plant, in some areas becoming an invasive weed.
  4. piassava fiber.

Word forms

Para grass Para grasses Pará grass

Etymology

From Portuguese Pará.

Synonyms

California grass buffalo grass Mauritius signal grass pasto pare malojilla gramalote parana Carib grass Scotch grass
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