ORYZOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oryzopsis mean? 

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

1. rice grass

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORYZOPSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rice grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Oryzopsis; Oryzopsis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Oryzopsis"):

rice grass; ricegrass (any grass of the genus Oryzopsis)

Holonyms ("Oryzopsis" 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)