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triodia

noun
tri·​o·​dia | \ trīˈōdēə\

Definition of triodia

1 capitalized : a genus of Australian and in some classifications American perennial grasses having long narrow leaves and florets with prominently 3-nerved lemmas
2 plural -s : any grass of the genus Triodia : spinifex sense 2

History and Etymology for triodia

New Latin, probably from Greek, meeting of three roads, from triodos point where three roads meet (from tri- three + hodos way, road) + -ia -y

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