IMPERATA


Meaning of IMPERATA in English

ˌimpəˈräd.ə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, after Ferrante Imperato died 1625 Italian apothecary

: a genus of tropical grasses having slender erect culms and a narrow panicle with spikelets surrounded by long silky hairs — see cogon

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