Oxytropis

See also: oxytropis

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin oxytropis, first used by De Candolle 1802, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointy”) + τρὀπις (tropis, “(plant) keel”).[1]

Proper noun

Oxytropis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – locoweeds.

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References
  1. "Oxytropis, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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