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Chloris

chlo·ris

UK/ˈklɔːɹɪs/ US/ˈklɔrɪs/ uncommon

noun

1.

tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χλωρίς (Khlōrís, literally “Greenfinch”), from χλωρός (khlōrós, “greenish-yellow, pale green”).

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