Arrhenatherum

noun

Ar·​rhe·​nath·​er·​um

ˌarəˈnathərəm

: a genus of Eurasian grasses that have 2-flowered spikelets, the first floret staminate and awned from the back and are naturalized in cooler parts of North America see tall oat grass

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek arrhen-, arrhēn male + ather-, athēr awn; from the awned staminate lemma; akin to Sanskrit arṣati it flows, ṛṣabha bull, Latin ros dew

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