| Noun | 1. | genus Paspalum - a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane dallis grass, dallisgrass, paspalum, Paspalum dilatatum - tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States Bahia grass, Paspalum notatum - perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States knotgrass, Paspalum distichum - low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems |