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Para grass

Para grass \Pa*ra" grass`\, Par'a grass \Par['a] grass\

  1. (Bot.) A tall rather coarse grass ( Panicum molle formerly Panicum barbinode) grown in the tropics for pasturage, and introduced into the southern United States from Brazilas a valuable pasture grass.

  2. Piassaba fiber.

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para grass

n. 1 A tall rather coarse grass ((taxlink Panicum molle species noshow=1)) grown in the tropics for pasturage, and introduced into the southern United States. 2 A valuable pasture grass ((taxlink Panicum barbinode species noshow=1)) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil. 3 (taxlink Urochloa mutica species noshow=1) 4 piassava fiber.