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Digitaria

noun
Dig·i·tar·ia | \ˌdijə̇ˈta(a)rēə\

Definition of Digitaria 

: a genus of grasses found in warm regions and having one-flowered spikelets in one-sided digitately arranged racemes — see crabgrass

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History and Etymology for Digitaria

New Latin, from Latin digitus finger + New Latin -aria

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