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Aegilops

noun

goat grass

• Syn: ↑genus Aegilops

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family

• Member Meronyms: ↑goat grass, ↑Aegilops triuncalis

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\\ˈējəˌläps, ˈej-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek aigilōps havergrass, Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) — more at oak

in some classifications : a genus of grasses sometimes used to include the presumed wild ancestors of domestic wheat which are now usually placed in the genus Triticum

Useful english dictionary. 2012.