LEYMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leymus mean? 

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

1. genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEYMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Leymus; Leymus

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

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

Holonyms ("Leymus" 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)