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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  AEgilops  \[AE]g"i*lops\,  n.  [L.  aegilopis,  Gr  ?,  fr  ?,  gen.  ?, 
  goat  +  ?  eye.] 
  1.  (Med.)  An  ulcer  or  fistula  in  the  inner  corner  of  the  eye. 
 
  2.  (Bot.) 
  a  The  great  wild-oat  grass  or  other  cornfield  weed. 
  --Crabb. 
  b  A  genus  of  plants,  called  also  {hardgrass}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Aegilops 
  n  :  goat  grass  [syn:  {Aegilops},  {genus  Aegilops}] 




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