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CHLORIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chloris mean? 

CHLORIS (noun)
  The noun CHLORIS has 1 sense:

1. tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grassplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CHLORIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chloris; genus Chloris

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Holonyms ("Chloris" 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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