Uniola

noun

Uni·​o·​la

yüˈnīələ,

ˌyünēˈōlə

: a small genus of showy North American perennial grasses having ample panicles of 2-edged spikelets of which the lowermost glumes are empty and including several that are valued as sand stabilizers see sea oat

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Latin, a kind of plant, probably from unio oneness, unity, union

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