Aegilops
1. (Science: medicine) An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.
2. (Science: botany) The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed. A genus of plants, called also hardgrass.
Origin: L. Aegilopis, gr, fr, gen, goat – eye.
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