Para grass
nounEtymology From Portuguese Pará.
1
An African grass, Urochloa mutica, used for fodder.
- Synonyms
- California grass
para grass
nounalso spelled Para grassEtymology From Pará grass.
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.
- Synonyms
- buffalo grass, Mauritius signal grass, pasto pare, malojilla, gramalote, parana, Carib grass, Scotch grass, California grass