ANTHOXANTHUM


Meaning of ANTHOXANTHUM in English

-thəm noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from anth- + -xanthum (from Greek xanthos yellow) — more at xanthic

: a genus of European grasses (family Poaceae) with contracted panicles, the spikelets consisting of one fertile floret and two sterile glumes below it — see sweet vernal grass

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