Translingual

Proper noun

Juncus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Juncaceae – the rushes.

Usage notes

• Thought to be paraphyletic and, thus, likely to change in its circumscription.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Juncaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Juncus acutus - type species; Juncus bufonius, Juncus effusus, Juncus gerardii - selected species; for other species see Juncus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Juncus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Noun

juncus ‎(plural juncuses)

1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Juncus (the rushes).

Latin

Noun

juncus m ‎(genitive juncī); second declension

1. Alternative spelling of iuncus

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• juncus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “juncus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• juncus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray