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Tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)
Answer for the clue "Tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye) ", 6 letters:
elymus
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Elymus is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family , related to rye, wheat, and other widely grown cereal grains. Elymus is widespread across much of Eurasia , North America , and South America . Common names include wildrye and wheatgrass . The ...
Usage examples of elymus.
It is not the familiar Doric of Syracuse, nor even the obscure Elymi or Sicani, for I have spoken with many Sicilian merchants and soldiers in my life, and none, during my discreet queries, recognized any of the words I attempted to parrot from the recollections of my infancy.
This lasted until about 409, at which date, as a consequence of a quarrel with the neighboring Elymi of Segesta, the Carthaginians arrived on the scene.