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    ECHINOCHLOA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regionsplay

    Synonyms:

    Echinochloa; genus Echinochloa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Echinochloa"):

    barn grass; barn millet; barnyard grass; Echinochloa crusgalli (a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing)

    billion-dollar grass; Echinochloa frumentacea; Japanese barnyard millet; Japanese millet; sanwa millet (coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States)

    Holonyms ("Echinochloa" 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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