Dallis grass

[ dal-is ]

noun

1. a pasture grass, Paspalum dilatatum, native to South America and naturalized in the southern U.S.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dallis grass¹

1905–10; after A. T. Dallis (or Dallas), a farmer who cultivated the grass successfully near La Grange, Georgia, in the late 19th century

Example Sentences

Strong winds made it impossible to sustain the kind of lush vegetation that grows on the house’s other side, so she chose instead to plant undulant beds of Dallis grass and crimson fountain grass — more reminiscent of the Hamptons than a typical Bahian garden — that mirror the house’s somber palette of grays in a scale of moss and sage.

From New York Times