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Dactylis

noun

a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)

• Syn: ↑genus Dactylis

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

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

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\\ˈdaktələ̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek daktylos finger; from its fingerlike spikelets

: a genus of two or three perennial chiefly Eurasian grasses having the 2- to 6-flowered spikelets arranged in a one-sided panicle — see orchard grass

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Dactylis /dakˈtil-is/

noun

The cocksfoot grass genus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.