gramineae
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1. the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane (noun.plant)
member holonym | : | agropyron, genus agropyron, |
definition | : | perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | agrostis, genus agrostis, |
definition | : | annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland) (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | alopecurus, genus alopecurus, |
definition | : | annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | andropogon, genus andropogon, |
definition | : | tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | arundo, genus arundo, |
definition | : | any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | bromus, genus bromus, |
definition | : | a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | cenchrus, genus cenchrus, |
definition | : | a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | chloris, genus chloris, |
definition | : | tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | cortaderia, genus cortaderia, |
definition | : | tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | cynodon, genus cynodon, |
definition | : | creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | dactylis, genus dactylis, |
definition | : | a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species) (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | eleusine, genus eleusine, |
definition | : | annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | elymus, genus elymus, |
definition | : | tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye) (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | erianthus, genus erianthus, |
definition | : | genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | festuca, genus festuca, |
definition | : | a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus holcus, holcus, |
definition | : | a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus hordeum, hordeum, |
definition | : | annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus leymus, leymus, |
definition | : | genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus paspalum, |
definition | : | a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus phalaris, phalaris, |
definition | : | a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus phleum, phleum, |
definition | : | grasses native to temperate regions (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus phragmites, phragmites, |
definition | : | reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus poa, poa, |
definition | : | chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | meadow grass, meadowgrass, |
definition | : | any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus saccharum, saccharum, |
definition | : | tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus secale, secale, |
definition | : | cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus setaria, setaria, |
definition | : | annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | millet, |
definition | : | any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus sorghum, sorghum, |
definition | : | annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus spartina, spartina, |
definition | : | grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus sporobolus, sporobolus, |
definition | : | cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass) (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus triticum, triticum, |
definition | : | annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus zoisia, genus zoysia, zoisia, |
definition | : | lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions (noun.plant) |
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