Holcus
noun
Hol·cus
\ˈhälkəs\
Definition of Holcus
: a genus of Old World grasses widely naturalized in America with velvety pubescence and deciduous spikelets — see velvet grass
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Origin and Etymology of holcus
New Latin, from Latin, wall barley (Hordeum murinum), from Greek holkos wall barley, furrow — more at sulcus
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