Axonopus

noun

Ax·​on·​o·​pus

akˈsänəpəs

: a genus of American grasses with oblong one-flowered spikelets in one-sided spikelike racemes see carpet grass

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from axono- + -pus

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Rhymes for Axonopus

• hopis
• opus
• scopus
• lagopus
• rhizopus