Etymology

miscanthus

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Today it means: Any of several perennial grasses, of genus Miscanthus, native to subtropical and tropical regions of Africa and southern Asia, varieties of which are cultivated as ornamental plants or are used in agriculture (as a source of biomass for the production of biofuel, as a livestock bedding material, and as a feedstock for bioplastics). Full definition →

translingual Miscanthus
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromMiscanthus“genus name”
  2. English todaymiscanthus

From translingual Miscanthus (“genus name”).

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