par'a grass

1 definition found

par'a grass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Para grass \Pa*ra" grass`\, Par'a grass \Par['a] grass\
     (a) (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.
     (b) Piassaba fiber.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]