GENUS DACTYLOCTENIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dactyloctenium mean? 

• GENUS DACTYLOCTENIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS DACTYLOCTENIUM has 1 sense:

1. a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae

  Familiarity information: GENUS DACTYLOCTENIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DACTYLOCTENIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dactyloctenium; genus Dactyloctenium

Hypernyms ("genus Dactyloctenium" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("genus 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)