cocksfoot
English
Alternative forms
- cock's-foot, cock's foot
Etymology
From cock + -s- + foot.
Noun
cocksfoot (plural cocksfoots)
- Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses, especially Dactylis glomerata.
- 2015, Merike Sõmera et al., “Overview on Sobemoviruses and a Proposal for the Creation of the Family Sobemoviridae”, in Viruses, volume 7, DOI::
- 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.
- 2021 July 21, Phil Gates, “Country diary: this forgotten grassland is a butterfly Serengeti”, in The Guardian:
- 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.
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Translations
Dactylis
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