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    GENUS SPARTINA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islandsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Spartina; Spartina

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Spartina" 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 Spartina"):

    cord grass; cordgrass (any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders)

    Holonyms ("genus Spartina" 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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