"paspalum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpaspələm/ [UK] Forms: paspalums [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Paspalum, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|mul|Paspalum}} translingual Paspalum, {{der|en|grc|πάσπαλος||type of millet}} Ancient Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} paspalum (plural paspalums)
  1. Any member of the genus Paspalum of tall perennial grasses, the bahiagrasses or Dallis grasses. Categories (lifeform): Grasses Derived forms: brownseed paspalum, creeping paspalum (alt: syn. Paspalum frumentaceum) (taxonomic: Paspalum scrobiculatum) Translations (a type of grass): helmihirssi (Finnish), paspalo [masculine] (Italian), tuhui (Maori), tarakoi (Maori)

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