genus dactylis

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsDactylis

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus dactylis

What does genus dactylis mean?

genus dactylis means "a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)".

What is another word for genus dactylis?

Close synonyms include Dactylis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus dactylis a common word?

genus dactylis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.