Bahia grass

Ba·hi·a grass

or Ba·hi·a·grass (bə-hē′ə grăs′)n. A perennial grass (Paspalum notatum) of tropical and subtropical America, cultivated for forage, turf, and erosion control.

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[After Bahia (Salvador), Brazil.]

Ba•hi′a grass`

(bəˈhi ə)
n. a lawn and pasturage grass, Paspalum notatum, native to tropical America. [1925–30; after Bahia (state)]

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Bahia grass - perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf StatesPaspalum notatumgrass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as haygenus Paspalum - a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions