ˌerēˈan(t)thəs noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek eri wool (short for erion, eirion, diminutive of eiros fleece) + New Latin -anthus
1. capitalized : a genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle clothed with long silky hairs
2. -es : any plant of the genus Erianthus — called also plume grass