multiflora

multiflora
  , multiflorum, multiflorus
  L. multus, many; flos, flower.
  1) Spikelets with more florets than those of related species. Agropyron multiflorum, Arundinaria multiflora, Deschampsia multiflora, Eleusine multiflora, Elymus multiflorus, Greslania multiflora, Isachne multiflora, Lolium multiflorum, Poa multiflora, Spartina multiflora
  2) inflorescence with many spikelets. Andropogon multiflorus, Cenchrus multiflorus, Digitaria multiflora, Panicum multiflorum, Pennisetum multiflorum

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