brachypodium

plural brachypodiums

1. Any grass of the genus Brachypodium.

   These results suggest that CG methylation acts in some unknown way to limit methylation in the other contexts, at least in brachypodium.

   2016 March 8, “CG Methylation Covaries with Differential Gene Expression between Leaf and Floral Bud Tissues of Brachypodium distachyon”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

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   Then there are the brachypodiums found abundantly in semi-shaded positions, whose awned spikelets are suspended from the gracefully sagging, thin branchings of the panicles, and the elegant glycerias found in damp places.

   1957, The Bulletin of the Hardy Plant Society, volumes 1-5, page 26