Melanocenchris

Translingual

Etymology

From melano- (“dark, black”, from Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās)) +‎ Ancient Greek κεγχρίς (kenkhrís, feminine form of κέγχρος (kénkhros, “millet”)).

Coined by German botanist, embryologist and natural philosopher Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in 1841.

Proper noun

Melanocenchris f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – certain grasses of Asia and Africa.

See also

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