释义 |
an·tho·xan·thum \-thəm\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from anth- + -xanthum (from Greek xanthos yellow) — more at xanthic : a genus of European grasses (family Poaceae) with contracted panicles, the spikelets consisting of one fertile floret and two sterile glumes below it — see sweet vernal grass |