Digitaria

noun

Dig·​i·​tar·​ia

ˌdijə̇ˈta(a)rēə

: a genus of grasses found in warm regions and having one-flowered spikelets in one-sided digitately arranged racemes see crabgrass

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin digitus finger + New Latin -aria

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