para grass

Etymology
From Pará grass.

Noun

 * 1) A tall rather coarse grass  grown in the tropics for pasturage, and introduced into the southern United States.
 * 2) A valuable pasture grass  introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.
 * 3) An African grass,  (or ), widely introduced elsewhere as a fodder plant, in some areas becoming an invasive weed.
 * 4) piassava fiber.

Synonyms

 * ,, , malojilla, , , , , California grass