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PENNISETUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Old World grasses
Synonyms:
genus Pennisetum; Pennisetum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pennisetum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Pennisetum"):
bulrush millet; cattail millet; pearl millet; Pennisetum Americanum; Pennisetum glaucum (tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer)
fountain grass; Pennisetum ruppelii; Pennisetum setaceum (tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia)
feathertop; feathertop grass; Pennistum villosum (northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles)
Holonyms ("Pennisetum" 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)
