Dallis grass

[dal-is]

Dallis grass

[dal-is]
noun
a pasture grass, Paspalum dilatatum, native to South America and naturalized in the southern U.S.

Origin:
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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Dallis grass is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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dallis grass

noun
tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States [syn: dallisgrass
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