Bible Dictionaries
Para Grass

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

A tall rather coarse grass (Panicum molle) grown in the tropics for pasturage, and introduced into the southern United States.

(2):

Piassaba fiber.

(3):

A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Para Grass'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/para-grass.html. 1828.