Lygeum

noun

Ly·​ge·​um

līˈjēəm

: a genus of grasses having two or three one-flowered spikelets that unite to form a hard false fruit see esparto

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek lygos flexible twig, withe (tuft of hair)

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