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    GENUS PHRAGMITES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regionsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Phragmites; Phragmites

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Phragmites" 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 Phragmites"):

    carrizo; common reed; ditch reed; Phragmites communis (tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts)

    Holonyms ("genus Phragmites" 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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