Leersia

noun

Leer·​sia

ˈlirzēə

: a genus of perennial chiefly swamp grasses having flat roughish leaves and one-flowered spikelets see rice cut-grass, white grama

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Johann D. Leers †1774 German botanist + New Latin -ia

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