yüˈnīələ, ˌyünēˈōlə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, a kind of plant, probably from unio oneness, unity, union
: a small genus of showy No. American perennial grasses having ample panicles of 2-edged spikelets of which the lowermost glumes are empty and including several that are valued as sand stabilizers — see sea oat