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PHRAGMITES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions

Synonyms:

genus Phragmites; Phragmites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("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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