Phleum

noun

Phle·​um

ˈflēəm

: a genus of grasses that are natives of temperate regions and have dense oblong or terete spike and long mucronate empty glumes see timothy

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably from Greek phleōs wool-tufted reed

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