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AGROPYRON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass

Synonyms:

Agropyron; genus Agropyron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Agropyron" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Agropyron"):

wheat-grass; wheatgrass (a grass of the genus Agropyron)

Holonyms ("Agropyron" is a member of...):

family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)

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