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    FAMILY POACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar caneplay

    Synonyms:

    family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Poaceae" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "family Poaceae"):

    genus Hordeum; Hordeum (annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley)

    genus Leymus; Leymus (genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus)

    genus Lolium; Lolium (darnel; ryegrass)

    genus Muhlenbergia; Muhlenbergia (a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia)

    genus Oryza; Oryza (rice)

    genus Oryzopsis; Oryzopsis (rice grass)

    genus Panicum; Panicum (panic grass)

    genus Paspalum (a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions)

    genus Pennisetum; Pennisetum (a genus of Old World grasses)

    genus Phalaris; Phalaris (a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers)

    genus Phleum; Phleum (grasses native to temperate regions)

    genus Phragmites; Phragmites (reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions)

    genus Poa; Poa (chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions)

    meadow grass; meadowgrass (any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture)

    genus Saccharum; Saccharum (tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane)

    genus Schizachyrium; Schizachyrium (overlaps the genus Andropogon)

    genus Secale; Secale (cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye)

    genus Setaria; Setaria (annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses)

    millet (any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine)

    genus Sorghum; Sorghum (annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum)

    genus Spartina; Spartina (grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands)

    genus Sporobolus; Sporobolus (cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass))

    genus Stenotaphrum; Stenotaphrum (lawn grasses)

    genus Triticum; Triticum (annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions)

    genus Zea; Zea (corn)

    genus Zizania; Zizania (wild rice)

    genus Zoisia; genus Zoysia; Zoisia (lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions)

    Bambuseae; tribe Bambuseae (bamboos)

    graminaceous plant; gramineous plant (cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves)

    Aegilops; genus Aegilops (goat grass)

    Agropyron; genus Agropyron (perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass)

    Agrostis; genus Agrostis (annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from 'bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland))

    Alopecurus; genus Alopecurus (annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds)

    Andropogon; genus Andropogon (tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions)

    Arrhenatherum; genus Arrhenatherum (oat grass)

    Arundo; genus Arundo (any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds)

    Avena; genus Avena (oats)

    Bromus; genus Bromus (a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae)

    Bouteloua; genus Bouteloua (forage grasses)

    Buchloe; genus Buchloe (buffalo grass)

    Cenchrus; genus Cenchrus (a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs)

    Chloris; genus Chloris (tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass)

    Cortaderia; genus Cortaderia (tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass)

    Cynodon; genus Cynodon (creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa)

    Dactylis; genus Dactylis (a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species))

    Dactyloctenium; genus Dactyloctenium (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae)

    Digitaria; genus Digitaria (crab grass; finger grass)

    Echinochloa; genus Echinochloa (annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions)

    Eleusine; genus Eleusine (annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands)

    Elymus; genus Elymus (tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye))

    Eragrostis; genus Eragrostis (annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics)

    Erianthus; genus Erianthus (genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs)

    Festuca; genus Festuca (a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae)

    genus Glyceria; Glyceria (manna grass)

    genus Holcus; Holcus (a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "family Poaceae"):

    Calamagrostis; genus Calamagrostis (reed grass)

    Holonyms ("family Poaceae" is a member of...):

    Graminales; order Graminales (grasses; sedges; rushes)

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