genus phalaris
English Thesaurus
1. a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | liliopsid genus, monocot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | gardener's garters, lady's laces, phalaris arundinacea, reed canary grass, ribbon grass, |
| definition | : | perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | birdseed grass, canary grass, phalaris canariensis, |
| definition | : | Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | harding grass, hardinggrass, phalaris aquatica, phalaris tuberosa, toowomba canary grass, |
| definition | : | perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae, |
| definition | : | the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane (noun.plant) |
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