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GRASS FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grass family mean? 

GRASS FAMILY (noun)
  The noun GRASS FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar caneplay

  Familiarity information: GRASS FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRASS FAMILY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae

Hypernyms ("grass family" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "grass family"):

genus Saccharum; Saccharum (tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane)

genus Leymus; Leymus (genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus)

genus Lolium; Lolium (darnel; ryegrass)

genus Muhlenbergia; Muhlenbergia (a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia)

genus Oryza; Oryza (rice)

genus Oryzopsis; Oryzopsis (rice grass)

genus Panicum; Panicum (panic grass)

genus Paspalum (a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions)

genus Pennisetum; Pennisetum (a genus of Old World grasses)

genus Phalaris; Phalaris (a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers)

genus Phleum; Phleum (grasses native to temperate regions)

genus Phragmites; Phragmites (reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions)

genus Poa; Poa (chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions)

meadow grass; meadowgrass (any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture)

genus Holcus; Holcus (a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America)

genus Schizachyrium; Schizachyrium (overlaps the genus Andropogon)

genus Secale; Secale (cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye)

genus Setaria; Setaria (annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses)

millet (any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine)

genus Sorghum; Sorghum (annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum)

genus Spartina; Spartina (grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands)

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

genus Stenotaphrum; Stenotaphrum (lawn grasses)

genus Triticum; Triticum (annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions)

genus Zea; Zea (corn)

genus Zizania; Zizania (wild rice)

genus Zoisia; genus Zoysia; Zoisia (lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions)

Bambuseae; tribe Bambuseae (bamboos)

genus Glyceria; Glyceria (manna grass)

graminaceous plant; gramineous plant (cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves)

Aegilops; genus Aegilops (goat grass)

Agropyron; genus Agropyron (perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass)

Agrostis; genus Agrostis (annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from 'bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland))

Alopecurus; genus Alopecurus (annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds)

Andropogon; genus Andropogon (tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions)

Arrhenatherum; genus Arrhenatherum (oat grass)

Arundo; genus Arundo (any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds)

Avena; genus Avena (oats)

Bromus; genus Bromus (a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae)

Bouteloua; genus Bouteloua (forage grasses)

Buchloe; genus Buchloe (buffalo grass)

Cenchrus; genus Cenchrus (a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs)

Chloris; genus Chloris (tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass)

Cortaderia; genus Cortaderia (tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass)

Cynodon; genus Cynodon (creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa)

Dactylis; genus Dactylis (a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species))

Dactyloctenium; genus Dactyloctenium (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae)

Digitaria; genus Digitaria (crab grass; finger grass)

Echinochloa; genus Echinochloa (annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions)

Eleusine; genus Eleusine (annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands)

Elymus; genus Elymus (tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye))

Eragrostis; genus Eragrostis (annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics)

Erianthus; genus Erianthus (genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs)

Festuca; genus Festuca (a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae)

genus Hordeum; Hordeum (annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grass family"):

Calamagrostis; genus Calamagrostis (reed grass)

Holonyms ("grass family" is a member of...):

Graminales; order Graminales (grasses; sedges; rushes)


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