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para grass

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables
para -grass
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An African grass, Urochloa mutica, used for fodder.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A tall rather coarse grass (Panicum molle) grown in the tropics for pasturage, and introduced into the southern United States.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An African grass, Urochloa mutica (or Brachiaria mutica), widely introduced elsewhere as a fodder plant, in some areas becoming an invasive weed.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

piassava fiber.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Portuguese Pará.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Para grasses (plural) Pará grass (alternative)

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does para grass mean?
An African grass, Urochloa mutica, used for fodder.
Where does para grass come from?
From Portuguese Pará.

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