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akxap'unuhyâachas grass sp., a type of wild grain
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #326 | revised Aug 13 2014
akxap'unuhyâachas • N • grass sp., a type of wild grain Achnatherum nelsonii (ITIS).
Literally: 'round (cylindrical) ripgut-grass'
| Derivation: | ákxaap úruh-yâach-as | (= ákxaap úruh yav-ach-as) |
| grass.sp. round-Intensive-PL | (= grass.sp. round good-DIM-PL) |
Source: JPH pla 06:405, 507
See ákxaap 'ripgut grass' See úruh1 'round' See -yâach 'Intensive'