noun
tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
• Syn: ↑dallisgrass, ↑paspalum, ↑Paspalum dilatatum
• Hypernyms: ↑grass
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Paspalum
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\\ˈdalə̇s-\ nounUsage: usually capitalized D
Etymology: perhaps alteration of Dallas, Texas
: a tall tufted perennial grass (Paspalum dilatatum) introduced from the tropics and now common as a pasture and forage grass in the southern United States
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/dal"is/
a pasture grass, Paspalum dilatatum, native to South America and naturalized in the southern U.S.
[1905-10; after A. T. Dallis (or Dallas), a farmer who cultivated the grass successfully near La Grange, Georgia, in the late 19th century]
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Dal|lis «DAL uhs», noun, or Dallis grass,
a tall perennial water or marsh grass of South America. It is grown in the southern United States for pasture and forage. Also, Dallas.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.