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PENNISETUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pennisetum mean? 

PENNISETUM (noun)
  The noun PENNISETUM has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Old World grassesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PENNISETUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Old World grasses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pennisetum; Pennisetum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Pennisetum"):

bulrush millet; cattail millet; pearl millet; Pennisetum Americanum; Pennisetum glaucum (tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer)

fountain grass; Pennisetum ruppelii; Pennisetum setaceum (tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia)

feathertop; feathertop grass; Pennistum villosum (northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles)

Holonyms ("Pennisetum" 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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