Eleusine (elusi ne)

[NL., appar. in reference to Eleusis (?): see Eleusinian.] A genus of gra es, belonging to the tribe Chlorideæ, having several linear spikes digitate at the summit of the culm. The species are natives of the warmer parts of the globe, and several are cultivated for their grain. In the East an Indian species, E. coracana (known as natchnee, nagla ragee, mand, and murwa ), is cultivated as a corn, from which the Tibetans make a weak beer. E. strict a is also a productive grain, and the Aby in i an grain to cu o is the product of another species, E. To cu o. E. annual species, is now naturalized in most warm countries, and is good for grazing and soiling, and as hay. Eleusinia (el-ū-sin'i-ä), n. pl. [L., heavy; clumsy: as, he was of elephantine pro- Cora (Proser pin a), and the local Attic divinity portions; elephantine movements. But what insolent familiar durst have mated Thomas Coventry? - whose person was a quadrate, his step ma y and elephantine . Lamb , Old Benchers. Iacchos (" Ιακχος ) as the especial protectors of agriculture and of all fruitfulne , and the guardians of Athens. Eleusinia, introduced from Athens, IMG:content-0319.png:[blocks in formation] Eleuthera bark, Same as cascarilla bark (which see, under bark2 ).