Fuirena

noun

Fu·​i·​re·​na

ˌfyüəˈrēnə

: a genus of sedges (family Cyperaceae) with leafy culms and many-flowered terete spikelets in terminal or axillary clusters see umbrella grass sense c

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Georg Fuiren †1628 Danish physician

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