Oryzopsis

noun

Or·​y·​zop·​sis

ˌȯrəˈzäpsə̇s

: a genus of American tufted grasses with open panicles composed of one-flowered spikelets remotely suggesting rice see mountain rice, silk grass

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from oryz- + -opsis

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