Dactylis
Dactylis glomerata (Cocksfoot or Orchard Grass or Cocksfoot Grass) is a common
grass, native to
Europe,
Asia, and
North Africa. It has been introduced into
North America. It is widely used for
hay and as a
forage grass.It grows to 20–120 centimetres tall, with
leaves 20-50 cm long and up to 1.5 cm broad, and a distinctive tufted triangular
flowerhead 10-15 cm long.It is usually treated as the sole species in the genus Dactylis, but is commonly divided into several regional
subspecies; some
botanists treat some of these as distinct species, or at the lower rank of
variety.
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Dactylis
Noun
1. a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)
(synonym) genus Dactylis
(hypernym) monocot genus, liliopsid genus
(member-holonym) Gramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family
dactylis
N F
kind of grape; (long like a finger)