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cocksfoot en · NOUN

Etymology

From cock + -s- + foot.

Meanings

1. Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses, especially Dactylis glomerata.
   • If I give my imagination free rein on this sultry afternoon, I could almost believe this shoulder-high grassland – a shimmering sea of false oat, cock’s-foot and meadow foxtail – is African savanna. 2021 July 21, Phil Gates, “Country diary: this forgotten grassland is a butterfly Serengeti”, in The Guardian:
   • The measurements of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant enzymes of cocksfoot plants susceptible to CfMV and plants with acquired immunity to CfMV, show completely different patterns in up- and down-regulation after inoculation of CfMV. 2015, Merike Sõmera et al., “Overview on Sobemoviruses and a Proposal for the Creation of the Family Sobemoviridae”, in Viruses, volume 7, →DOI:

Forms

Hypernyms

plant · organism · grass

Relateds

cock's-foot · cock's foot · chicken feet · hen's-foot · bird's-foot · birdsfoot

Synonyms

orchard grass · orchardgrass

Translations (8)

pl kupkówka (Dactylis) · bg ежова главица (Dactylis) · uk грястиця (Dactylis) · ca dàctil (Dactylis) · cs srha (Dactylis) · sh rdobrada (Dactylis) · tr domuz ayrığı (Dactylis) · ru ежа (Dactylis)