trīˈōdēə noun
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek, meeting of three roads, from triodos point where three roads meet (from tri- three + hodos way, road) + -ia -y — more at cede
1. capitalized : a genus of Australian and in some classifications American perennial grasses having long narrow leaves and florets with prominently 3-nerved lemmas
2. -s : any grass of the genus Triodia : spinifex 2