Restio

noun

Res·​tio

ˈrestēˌō

: a large genus of leafless southern African and Australian herbs (family Restionaceae) having one-celled anthers and many-flowered spikelets with imbricated glumes see cordleaf, rope grass

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, maker of rope, from restis rope, cord

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