oxytrope

English

Etymology

From New Latin oxytropis, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointy”) + τρὀπις (tropis, “(plant) keel”).[1]

Noun

oxytrope (plural oxytropes)

  1. (botany) Synonym of locoweed.

References
  1. "Oxytropis, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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