Eleusine

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: eleusine

Translingual

[edit]
Eleusine coracana

Etymology

[edit]

From Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís, Eleusis), after the ancient Greek town associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries, the initiation rites to the cult of Demeter and Persephone, which is believed to have been based on an older agrarian cult.

Proper noun

[edit]

Eleusine f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – goosegrasses.

Hypernyms

[edit]

Hyponyms

[edit]

References

[edit]