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DACTYLOCTENIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dactyloctenium mean?
• DACTYLOCTENIUM (noun)
The noun DACTYLOCTENIUM has 1 sense:
1. a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae
Familiarity information: DACTYLOCTENIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dactyloctenium; genus Dactyloctenium
Hypernyms ("Dactyloctenium" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Holonyms ("Dactyloctenium" 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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