Definition of Dactylis
:a genus of two or three perennial chiefly Eurasian grasses having the 2- to 6-flowered spikelets arranged in a one-sided panicle — see orchard grass
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Dactylis
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Dac·ty·lis
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ˈdaktələ̇s
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Origin and Etymology of dactylis
New Latin, from Greek daktylos finger; from its fingerlike spikelets
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