Eragrostis

noun

Er·​a·​gros·​tis

ˌerəgrästə̇s

: a genus of grasses resembling the bluegrasses but having flattened spikelets and deciduous lemmas

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek eros love + agrōstis, a kind of grass

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