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ELYMUS CAPUT-MEDUSAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Elymus caput-medusae mean?
• ELYMUS CAPUT-MEDUSAE (noun)
The noun ELYMUS CAPUT-MEDUSAE has 1 sense:
1. weedy rye grass having long bristling awns
Familiarity information: ELYMUS CAPUT-MEDUSAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weedy rye grass having long bristling awns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Elymus caput-medusae; medusa's head
Hypernyms ("Elymus caput-medusae" is a kind of...):
wild rye (any of several grasses of the genus Elymus)
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