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holcus Bot.|ˈhɒlkəs|
[mod.L. (C. Linnæus Hortus Cliffortianus (1737) 468), f. Gr. ὁλκός a kind of grass.]
A plant of a genus of annual or perennial grasses so called, native to Europe, Africa, and south-west Asia.
1771P. Miller Abridgm. Gardeners Dict. (ed. 6) s.v. Holcus ..Holcus with hairy chaff, and bearded seeds. Ibid., Holcus with smooth husks. 1806J. Barrow Voy. Cochin China 392 All the houses were enclosed by a fence made of strong reeds, of the straw of holcus, or twigs of wood. 1859[see unhusked ppl. a.1]. 1915L. H. Bailey Stand. Cyclop. Hort. III. 1496/2 The name Holcus was accepted by some botanists. 1947J. G. Dickson Dis. Field Crops ix. 169 The holcus spot is characterized by tan red-bordered round to elliptical lesions on the leaves. |