Axonopus
noun
Ax·on·o·pus
\akˈsänəpəs\
Definition of Axonopus
: a genus of American grasses with oblong one-flowered spikelets in one-sided spikelike racemes — see carpet grass
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Origin and Etymology of axonopus
New Latin, from axono- + -pus
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