I. ˈhistriks noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, porcupine, from Greek
: a genus of terrestrial porcupines that is the type of the family Hystricidea
II. noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin
: a genus of perennial grasses (family Gramineae) of No. America, Asia, and New Zealand having loosely flowered spikes with spikelets becoming widely divergent — see bottle brush grass