DACTYLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dactylis mean? 

• DACTYLIS (noun)
  The noun DACTYLIS has 1 sense:

1. a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DACTYLIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dactylis; genus Dactylis

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

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

Holonyms ("Dactylis" 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)