ˌagrōˈpīˌrän noun
also ag·ro·py·rum -_rəm
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from agro- + -pyron, -pyrum (from Greek pyros wheat) — more at furze
: a widely distributed genus of chiefly perennial grasses with erect spikes of usually solitary several-flowered sessile spikelets — see couch grass