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