Dactylis

noun

Dac·​ty·​lis

ˈdaktələ̇s

: a genus of two or three perennial chiefly Eurasian grasses having the 2- to 6-flowered spikelets arranged in a one-sided panicle see orchard grass

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek daktylos finger; from its fingerlike spikelets

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