Stenotaphrum
noun
Steno·taph·rum
\ˌstenəˈtafrəm\
Definition of Stenotaphrum
: a small genus of grasses found in Malaysia and along the seacoast of America and having creeping stems and one-flowered spikelets on one side of a flat corky rachis — see saint augustine grass 1
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Origin and Etymology of stenotaphrum
New Latin, from sten- + Greek taphros ditch; akin to Greek thaptein to bury — more at epitaph
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