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GENUS PANICUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Panic grass

Synonyms:

genus Panicum; Panicum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Panicum" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Panicum"):

panic grass (any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder)

Holonyms ("genus Panicum" 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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