Trisetum

noun

Tri·​se·​tum

trīˈsētəm

: a widely distributed genus of perennial tufted forage grasses having spikelets with several bisexual flowers and a lemma bearing a dorsal awn

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from tri- + seta

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