phalaris noun.
['falǝrɪs] E20.[mod. Latin (see below), from Latin from Greek.]Any grass of the genus
Phalaris; esp.
P. aquatica, grown as a fodder grass.
Comb.:
phalaris staggers a disease of sheep and cattle caused by the occasional toxicity of canary-grass,
Phalaris aquatica.
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