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🌾 A grass genus 🦔 A porcupine genus
Hystrix

Hystrix

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A group of grasses with spiky seed heads
  • proper noun
  • Specialized
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  • The Hystrix genus includes several species of grasses.

Examples

  • Seeds from Hystrix species are often used in prairie restoration projects.

  • Researchers are studying the ecological role of Hystrix in native grassland habitats.

  • The botanist identified several Hystrix plants growing along the forest edge.

  • Look at the Hystrix!

  • The botanist identified several Hystrix plants growing along the forest edge.

  • Researchers are studying the ecological role of Hystrix in native grassland habitats.

  • Seeds from Hystrix species are often used in prairie restoration projects.

Compounds

Diodon hystrix
  • Specialized
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A spiny fish that puffs up and raises its spines to scare predators

Surface Forms

Hystrix main

Etymology

Hystrix comes from an old Greek word meaning 'porcupine'. Botanists named a type of grass Hystrix because the plant's seed heads are bristly like a porcupine's 'quills', so the name helps you remember the plant's prickly look.