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BLACKSEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blackseed mean? 

BLACKSEED (noun)
  The noun BLACKSEED has 1 sense:

1. grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungusplay

  Familiarity information: BLACKSEED used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACKSEED (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blackseed; carpet grass; smut grass; Sporobolus poiretii

Hypernyms ("blackseed" is a kind of...):

drop-seed; dropseed (a grass of the genus Sporobolus)

Holonyms ("blackseed" is a member of...):

genus Sporobolus; Sporobolus (cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass))


 Context examples 


Blackseed oil is used primarily for its nutritive properties.

(Nigella sativa Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)



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