Sporobolus

Translingual

Etymology

from Ancient Greek σπόρος (spóros, "seed") and βάλλειν (bállein, "to throw"), referring to the dispersion of seeds. [1]

Proper noun

Sporobolus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – dropseeds.

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Descendants

  • → Arabic: قاذِفَة البِذْر (qāḏifa(t) al-biḏr) (calque)
  • → English: dropseed (calque)
  • → Persian: بذرانداز (bazrandâz) (calque)
  • Russian: → споробо́л (sporoból) (learned), → каплесеме́нник (kapleseménnik) (calque), → споробо́лус (sporobólus)

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