Calamagrostis

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Etymology

Published in 1763 by Michel Adanson, from Ancient Greek καλαμάγρωστις (kalamágrōstis, “a grass, probably Dactyloctenium aegyptium”), from κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”) + ἄγρωστις (ágrōstis, “a grass, probably bermudagrass”)

Proper noun

Calamagrostis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – temperate grasses often called small reeds, reedgrasses.

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