Holcus

noun

Hol·​cus

ˈhälkəs

: a genus of Old World grasses widely naturalized in America with velvety pubescence and deciduous spikelets see velvet grass

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, wall barley (Hordeum murinum), from Greek holkos wall barley, furrow

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