Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat clavate; slightly enlarged toward the end.
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Face flat, brightly gilded; epistoma not prominent; mystax with a few white bristles; mouth black; antennæ ferruginous, black towards the tips, longer than the breadth of the head; third joint linear, longer than the first and the second together; pectus with three hoary bands; abdomen subclavate, nearly twice the length of the thorax;
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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The racemes are usually two, erect, fragile, 1 to 3 inches long with a slight thickening of the peduncle below the inflorescence; the joints are 1/3 to 2/3 as long as the sessile spikelets; trigonous and subclavate, and with long hairs on one side.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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