alpistalpist means A seed of canary grass. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.EtymologySpanish ‘’Alpiste’’, from the Mozarabic word, ‘’al-bisht’’ the alpist, from ‘’al-‘’, Arabic the + bisht alpist, from Medieval Latin ‘’pistum’’, from Latin, ‘’neuter of pistus’’, past participle of ‘’pinsere’’, (to pound, crush)nounA seed of canary grass.A seed of any variety of Phleum.